The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2020
These Rules amend the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987 (S.I. 1987/2024) (“the 1987 Rules”) (a) to introduce an overriding objective to the application of the 1987 Rules, (b) to require, with some exceptions, that applications for a grant of probate under the 1987 Rules through solicitors or probate practitioners be made under the online procedure and (c) to permit the use of a witness statement in the alternative to an affidavit.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
29 Sept 2020
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In force
02 Nov 2020
Enabling power
The President of the Family Division of the High Court (the judicial office holder nominated by the Lord Chief Justice), with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 127 of the Senior Courts Act 1981and section 2(5) of the Colonial Probates Act 1892.
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