Textual Amendments
57.1—(1) This Part contains rules about—
(a)probate claims;
(b)claims for the rectification of wills; and
(c)claims and applications to—
(i)substitute another person for a personal representative; or
(ii)remove a personal representative.
(2) In this Part:
(a)“probate claim” means a claim for—
(i)the grant of probate of the will, or letters of administration of the estate, of a deceased person;
(ii)the revocation of such a grant; or
(iii)a decree pronouncing for or against the validity of an alleged will;
not being a claim which is non-contentious (or common form) probate business;
(Section 128 of the Supreme Court Act 1981(1) defines non-contentious (or common form) probate business.)
(b)“relevant office” means—
(i)in the case of High Court proceedings in a Chancery district registry, that registry;
(ii)in the case of any other High Court proceedings, Chancery Chambers at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL; and
(iii)in the case of county court proceedings, the office of the county court in question;
(c)“testamentary document” means a will, a draft of a will, written instructions for a will made by or at the request of, or under the instructions of, the testator, and any document purporting to be evidence of the contents, or to be a copy, of a will which is alleged to have been lost or destroyed;
(d)“will” includes a codicil.]