Green burials are also providing a new source of income for Britain’s hard-pressed farmers and are, says supporters, a romantic and practical way to rebuild the country’s native woodlands. Thousands of burials on dedicated private land with biodegradable card or wicker coffins, and trees instead of headstones are taking place as “green” funerals. Urban cemeteries are running out of space and fears are also emerging about the pollution and global warming effects caused by cremation, used in approximately 79% of the 630,000 funerals held in Britain each year. Many people appear to be reacting against the commercialisation of death and Christian and/or secular requirements imposed by traditional burial grounds. An engraving in the stone in monochrome of a portrait of a young adult has been permitted but a ceramic plaque was going too far. The Natural Death Centre records that hundreds of people are now buried every month in cemeteries where headstones are replaced by native trees or discreet little sculptures to mark out a grave. Traditional burial grounds such as the municipal cemetery or churchyard are where the burial plots are marked by a headstone and the ground is maintained. Methods of disposalĭisposal other than by burial or cremation is not forbidden e.g. A corpse is incapable of being the subject of property transactions or offences for example, it cannot be bought or sold, stolen or criminally damaged, or seized by the deceased’s creditors as security for his debts. There is no property in a corpse and as a consequence any direction in a will as to the disposal of the corpse is not binding. The fraught difficulty of who has the right to choose how the corpse is to be disposed of where it is to be buried and/or whether it should be cremated and then who owns the ashes only rarely issues for the Courts to decide because either the family are happy to agree, or the deceased left a Will and made directions for his Executors to carry out and the family are content it. For help or guidance please seek the services of a qualified practitioner. Disclaimer: LawSkills provides training for the legal industry and does not provide legal advice to members of the public.
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