Harry Hallowes is a happy man and I
am full of praise for English Law. Harry
lives alone on Hampstead Heath, the
phrase they used was ‘sleeping rough’ –
he built a shack and squatted there for
many years, a public place but no-one
came and moved him on – essentially
he’d had the same ‘address’ since 1986!
An attempt to move on Harry failed quite
dismally when he fought eviction in the
Court, a property developer had thought a
harried Harry bound to be an easy mark.
Eviction failed when Harry’s counter case
unveiled a claim, having lived unchallenged
there for 21 years he sought a right to title
to the land – and much amazed, he won.
A humble Harry merely smiled a shy
71 year old smile when told his 800
square metres of Hampstead Heath
could fetch one million pounds.
Where would I live he asked? Why not
buy a bit of Queensland or all of
Zimbabwe, have a stash of cash left,
but forget about the legal protection!
© 25 May 2007, I.D. Carswell
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