X-Message-Number: 5709
From:  (Nick Maclaren)
Newsgroups: uk.legal,sci.cryonics,sci.life-extension
Subject: Re: Death (was Donaldson MR and Miss Hindley)
Date: 4 Feb 1996 17:50:29 GMT
Message-ID: <4f2rl5$>
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In article <>,
John de Rivaz  <> wrote:
>The use of an enduring power of attorney (EPA) for people in cryonic 
>suspension is an interesting thought.
>
> ...
>
>My question now is, would an EPA allow someone to appoint attornies 
>to direct their estate for as long as it takes science to develop a way of 
>reviving them from suspension (remember it is *for legal pruposes* 
>considered "death") into youthful good health?

Not a hope.  Trusts in perpetuity were explicitly abolished quite
a while back in the UK (and, I believe, in many other countries).
The current English limit is 21 years or "a life in being".  The
reason that you will not see this changed is that most governments
regard such trusts as a threat, with good reason.

Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
Email:  
Tel.:  +44 1223 334761    Fax:  +44 1223 334679


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