Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence
A new law, the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act, has come into force in England and Wales. The rule will enable the families of missing loved ones to gain control of the missing person’s finances, something which was previously only possible if the person was declared dead under the 2013 Presumption of Death Act. The law is named after missing chef Claudia Lawrence, who is yet to be found since her disappearance in 2009.
The legislation is named after chef Claudia Lawrence, who vanished without trace a decade ago.
A decade after the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence, her case remains unsolved. The 35-year-old chef was last seen near her home in Heworth, York, on the afternoon of 18 March 2009. Claudia’s father has spoken about his struggle to accept that his daughter may not return, ten years on.
A decade on, not a trace of her has been found.