Of / Late of

03:56 May 23, 2009 

4. Dead, especially if only recently deceased: in memory of the late explorer.

It has more references to being dead than be an occupier of a residential address, and the only one which is close is if they were the late president of a company... But we mostly use Previous, as if you were saying the late president xxxx (company), you would have to field a lot of questions as to how he died on the job.


1. Having recently occupied a position or place: the company's late president gave the address.
2. Dead, especially if only recently deceased: in memory of the late explorer.

03:48 May 23, 2009 

because it is assuming you had a previous address, Unless it is for a change of jobs.
Where as with "previous address" If you didn't have one (lived at the same place all your life) you could answer "Nil" But with "Late Of" it is saying you must have been living somewhere else and could not answer "Nil"
You can't even answer it with just the country or city, maybe something like below.
But in legal forms they generally require a delivery address for serving documents and also so they can check your previous address (as it may be your parents) in case they need to look for you should you disappear.

Of....... London, England

Late of .... New York, USA.... Maybe???

Maybe the client can give you better information if you explain your situation.

22:51 May 22, 2009 

It just shows like this:

OF:..........................
LATE OF:.........................


No mention of address or name...

How would you fill the dotted line in?

OF:............ (Address?)
LATE OF:............ (Another address, A name (deceased person?), A name (heir of the deceased person?)

I am a little bit confused now

Thanks

22:40 May 22, 2009 

Late of is generally a reference to someone who died,
Ie: James Brown, late of 111 Bridge Street Brighton, passed away.
James brown late husband of Joan Brown, father of 3 children....

If it is a previous address, then usually will list it like:

Name .............................James Brown


Of...................................111 Bridge St Brighton.

Previous Address............4 Gold St Nutting.

If you said he is your late friend..... It would suggest your friend has died recently.
My late mother...... My mother who has just passed away.

If it does mean "previous address" it may be wise to change it to previous address..