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Presumption of death: What to do when someone goes missing
Laura Abbott provides a refresher on the procedure to follow in the case of a missing person, with reference to the most up-to-date case law While it will not be an ‘everyday’ case for practitioners, around 250,000 people go missing in England and Wales every year, so unless and until they are found families may …
Cases Referenced
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- A v H [2016] EWHC 762 (Fam)
- Greathead v Greathead [2017] EWHC 1154 (Ch); [2017] WTLR 939 ChD
- Johnson v No Named Defendant [2020] EWHC 207 (Ch)
- Re Bingham [2015] EWHC 226 (Ch)
- Re P (Presumption of Death) [2021] EWHC 3099 (Fam); [2022] WTLR 251 FamD