Comments on: UK: Law forbids dying while in house of Parliament https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/11/uk-law-forbids-dying-while-in-house-of-parliament/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:03:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: J.T. Wenting https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/11/uk-law-forbids-dying-while-in-house-of-parliament/comment-page-1/#comment-9646 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:03:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5572#comment-9646 I believe the law was originally put in place to allow for the provision of funeral services to foreign dignitaries who died on a visit to to the UK (and were generally housed in royal property).

At the time shipping the corpse back home would have been impossible (it would have decomposed too much on arrival), and a pauper’s funeral is not suitable for a foreign dignitary.

]]> By: Supremacy Claus https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/11/uk-law-forbids-dying-while-in-house-of-parliament/comment-page-1/#comment-9645 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:41:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5572#comment-9645 I now understand the logic of this famous strange law. As always, money.

Why not repeal the regulation mandating a royal paid funeral for dying on royal property? If I die in a restaurant or at a friend’s home, no one owes me a funeral.

Who would want a British government funeral anyway?

This passage warns, do not look pale, nor pass out on any royal property. You will be tossed out to the curb, and the elements, immediately. Who knows how long one waits for an ambulance from the National Health Service, or if they even have any.

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