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'Bona Vacantia' is a legal term relating to
the situation in which a person dies without leaving a will and
there is no known next of kin to take ownership of the property and
possessions (“the Estate”) belonging to that person. This is also
known as dying intestate.
If the Council has information relating to
Bona Vacantia cases, it is obliged to inform the Treasury
Solicitor’s Office. The information the Council provides to the
Treasury Solicitor includes the name, date of death and area of
death of the deceased person.
The Treasury Solicitor then administers the
Estate of the deceased person and publishes such cases, including
some of the details of the deceased person, on their website.
All information that may be disclosed by the
Council pursuant to a request made under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 in relation to a deceased person is available from the
Treasury
Solicitor’s website.
What information can the Council provide?
The following information identifies deaths since 1st January
2010, which have been, or will be referred by the London Borough of
Redbridge to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Treasury Solicitor's
Office.
Bonavacantia cases
| Name of Deceased |
Date of Death |
Date referred to Treasury Solicitor |
| Wheeler |
20/02/2010 |
29/06/2010 |
| Reay |
23/05/2010 |
01/07/2010 |
| Turner |
06/09/2010 |
29/11/2010 |
| Utton |
31/12/2010 |
25/02/2011
(next of kin identified)
|
| Goldman |
17/01/2011 |
22/07/2011 |
| Stockbridge |
03/06/2011 |
01/08/2011 |
| Watts |
26/10/2010 |
04/10/2011 |
| Webster |
17/09/2011 |
23/11/2011 |
| Paine |
22/11/2011 |
26/01/2012 |
| Brown |
27/10/2011 |
06/03/2012 |
If you think that you may be related to the deceased or
otherwise be entitled to the estate of the person(s) named above,
please contact the Treasury Solicitor by using the contact
form on the Treasury Solicitor's
website
Further detail than this will not be
provided.
Under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of
Information Act, an exemption applies where disclosure would be
likely to prejudice a range of investigations and conduct,
including the prevention and detection of crime.
Disclosure of information on the assets of
estates of deceased individuals before steps had been taken by the
Treasury Solicitor to secure the assets could interfere with the
statutory function to collect bona vacantia (ownerless goods)
vested in the Crown and would provide an opportunity for criminal
acts to be committed, including theft and identity fraud.
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