If you are a gypsy or a traveller living on a private land in Iver Heath, Gerrards Cross, or North Ascot, the type of site you are living on in Slough determines your rights, for instance, if you are living on a protected site with site license and planning permission.
Travellers in Slough that camp on a protected site have many rights and claims than their counterparts who are camping in an unprotected site, such as protection from eviction in Berkshire.
The unprotected sites in Slough usually don't have a site license and the planning permission so, the travellers who are staying on these sites in Berkshire won't have enough rights and they can easily be removed from the site without any hassle.
You should have other privileges as a common law tenant getting removed in Gerrards Cross, North Ascot, or Iver Heath, including the ability of notify for at least four weeks, but you may consider that impossible to execute in Slough.
If you park on a private land without the owner's permission in Slough, the owner or legal occupier such as a tenant can take steps to remove you.
Take note that the landlord might be oblivious to your presence on the site in Berkshire except they are told that your encampment is a source of disturbance.
Contact the Slough landowner and discuss with them before camping on their property in Iver Heath, Gerrards Cross, or North Ascot and if the landowner won't use the land soon and you are not causing any problems, you may be allowed to stay on the land.
However, if they do decide to get rid of you from Slough, then they might:
Submit an application to the Berkshire court for a notice of possession or an interdict which would require that you leave the land in Slough
Ask the Slough council to take action
Ask the Slough police to intervene and evict you
Move you on from Berkshire themselves
If you are located on private land without permission in North Ascot, Gerrards Cross, or Iver Heath, owners or residents reserve all the right to remove you from the private land by applying for an eviction in Slough to the sheriff court.
In this case, Summary Cause Summons, a court document, will be sent to you in Slough and this document tells about when your case hearing is scheduled.
If you'll receive this notification, it's advisable to get advice from a solicitor or Denbigh Franks.
You may also check with the local Citizens Advice to get instant connection with a solicitor in Slough.
When they open the case for trial in court, since you are trespassing on the owner's land in Slough, you do not have any defence, but the Solicitor can delay your eviction in Berkshire by appealing for delay of your removal on Humanitarian grounds, for example, he might even plead that you have an ill person in your family.
You will be forced to leave in case the sheriff serves an eviction order in Slough.
An interdict is a special court order from the civil courts in Iver Heath, Gerrards Cross, or North Ascot that directs the defaulters/defendants on what or who to stay away from in Berkshire.
When the Slough landowner has already applied for an interdict, court papers with instructions will be sent to you.
It may prevent you from moving onto the land in Slough in the first place or order you to vacate the owner's land.
Upon receiving these papers, look for a solicitor or a law firm immediately in Berkshire.
You can also get in touch with the locally based Citizens Advice as they may help you find your lawyer in Slough.
Your legal expert or lawyer can help you to defend the action in court.
Prior to the issuing an interdict, the court in North Ascot, Gerrards Cross, or Iver Heath should analyse you condition.
For instance, the sheriff may not give an interdict in Slough if they notice it will cause you significant hardship.
However, if the court grants the interdict and you fail to abide by the conditions in the interdict, e.g. you remain on the Slough land, you may be arrested if the Berkshire police are empowered by the interdict to do so.
You may also be susceptible to facing a jail-term or paying a fine if the Slough landowner was able to prove how you broken a term in the interdict.
The Berkshire council has the power to move you on if the landlord in Slough does not have approval to build a location on their property, or if the work poses a threat to public health.
If everything else fails, the police can be invited to enforce the eviction in Iver Heath, Gerrards Cross, or North Ascot.
A landowner in Slough can evict you without a court order, they have such rights.
However, you can report them to the Slough police if they injure you in any way or if they cause damage to your property or vehicle and they'd have to face some charges if they caused any trouble to you.
Get as much evidence as you can to prove that the landowner caused you bodily harm or damaged your property and filming the incident in Berkshire or taking photographs is recommended.
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