There's not enough information to know for sure, but passages like this make me think they're not checking for paperwork before they evict:

> He could wait for the courts to make a decision - that could take up to two years. Or he could go private.

> "People advised me to hire a company that specialises in negotiating with squatters to get them out."

This seems very plausible to me.

When I went through the courts to have someone evicted - after a year long legal fight, the bailiff that finally came out to remove the tenant, gave me a business card to a friend of his that removes tenants.

He said that as long as I have the eviction notice, the police/court would have no issue with physically removing someone, and that there was no reason to make the additional multi-month petition to have the court physically order the bailiff to remove the tenant.

So ever since, I get the order, and then get two guys to go in and physically put all the person's stuff on the sidewalk, and lock them out.

It sucks, but it's not like we're evicting single moms (who are usually able to pay due to gov't aid). In my experience, the tenants that get evicted are always the single male drug addicts (who are also on gov't aid).