Real Estate Tip Of The Week - A Grave Matter

Landlords who are developing within the vicinity of a disused burial ground should be aware of the law surrounding the treatment of long buried human remains. The discovery of an ancient headstone can be petrifying in all senses of the word!

Many hospitals and other government buildings with attached burial grounds are making their way onto the open market, so knowledge of the law is useful. As a general legal principle, it is unlawful to remove or disturb any human remains without lawful...