Keeping travellers on move Suzanne Lloyd Holt, property litigation partner at Wragge & Co, looks at problems caused by travellers COUNTY Edition
In late February 1998, travellers took up occupation of land in Hill Top, West Bromwich. About 20 vans and lorries camped on the land for a fortnight and the travellers left a lot of waste and rubbish on the land when they moved on and the localtaxpayer s had to pick up a bill of pounds 2,000. Counc...
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| Published in | Birmingham post (Birmingham, England) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Birmingham (UK)
Mirror Regional Newspapers
14.05.1998
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| Summary: | In late February 1998, travellers took up occupation of land in Hill Top, West Bromwich. About 20 vans and lorries camped on the land for a fortnight and the travellers left a lot of waste and rubbish on the land when they moved on and the localtaxpayer s had to pick up a bill of pounds 2,000. Councillor Bill Archer (Wednesbury North) expressed the frustration, common in these circumstances, that the police and landowners have "very limited powers to move itinerants on quickly." |
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