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List of funeral directors for British nationals in Ireland.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Eswatini, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The process when a British national dies in Vanuatu, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
The process when a British national dies in Senegal, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Papua New Guinea, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Panama, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Information to help you deal with practical arrangements following the death of a British national in Kosovo.
The process when a British national dies in Cameroon, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Azerbaijan, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Algeria, including registering the death, funerals, and burials, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Malawi, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This document is an explanatory copy of the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 as they have effect in relation to Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Guidance for crematorium managers. This guidance should be used for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man, and where the cremation is to take place in England or Wales.
Guidance on who Court of Protection visitors are and when their reports can be released.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Cambodia.
Resources for local authorities and social care providers following the death of an employee or volunteer in adult social care.
A draft remedial order to amend section 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 to allow an award of bereavement damages to a new category of claimant.
What to do when a British citizen dies in Burundi.
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