The existence of exclusive rights of burial gives the owner of a body a right which is to be equated with a right of property, interference with which is actionableMorritt J described an exclusive right of burial arising under the 1847 Act as something to be equated with a right of property but found it … Continue reading Reed v Madon: ChD 1989
The parties disputed whether the defendants, trustees of a local charitable Turkish trust providing funeral service, had acquired an exclusive rights of burial within an area of the claimants’ cemetery. Held: There were signficant deficiencies in the evidence provided in support of the defendants’ claim. It was impossible to identify the land over which the … Continue reading Brookwood Park Ltd v Guney and Others: ChD 29 Jul 2014