Did you know that you can have virtual squatters?

United Kingdom

This article was produced by Nabarro LLP, which joined CMS on 1 May 2017.

Did you know that a ‘sham’ company can use your property address as its registered office without your consent? This can cause obvious difficulties, for example, if people seek redress against the sham company, discover it is untraceable and only have you as the ‘point of contact’.

From 6 April 2016 Companies House now allows property owners to make an application to remove an address as the registered office of any company if it is shown that the company using the address has no connection with it.

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