Chard v Chard (orse Northcott), Hoye, Winstanley, Lord and Norris Tickner Intervening

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Chard v Chard (orse Northcott), Hoye, Winstanley, Lord and Norris Tickner Intervening

Hearings

England & Wales

18 Nov 1955 [1956] P 259; [1955] 3 WLR 954, PDA

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Marriage — Validity — Second marriage — Former wife not heard of for sixteen years — Presumptions of continuance of life and of death — Both presumptions of fact.

PRESUMPTION — Rebuttable — Death.

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Rebuttable Presumptions of Law - Presumption of Death F3.73

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