Re P [2022] WTLR 251
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Spring 2022 #186A mother, D, acting as litigation friend for her 11-year-old son, C, sought a declaration that the son’s father, P, was presumed to be dead. D and P were partners who cohabited and raised C together, but were never married nor in a civil partnership. In April 2011 P flew to South America with his friend G to enjoy a holiday. P kept in regular contact with D until his communications abruptly ceased while he was in Lima, Peru. P’s last known communication was a text message sent to D on 16 May 2011. G also ceased to communicate with his loved ones. Neither P nor G had been seen or heard fr...
Greathead v Greathead [2017] WTLR 939
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2017 #169This was an application for a declaration under the Presumption of Death Act 2013 in respect of a man (‘E’) who had disappeared on 17 November 2005 and had not been heard of since.
The claimant and his family came from South Africa to England in 1980. E was the claimant’s son. E was born in South Africa and was 15 when he arrived in England. He had difficulty adapting to life in England, but finished formal education and entered employment. From late 1998 he suffered panic attacks at work. He developed depression and resigned in October 1999. He lived in a flat a...