SCHEDULE
SECTION III—SUBSTITUTION AND REMOVAL OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
57.13
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This Section contains rules about claims and applications for substitution or removal of a personal representative.
2
Claims under this Section must be brought in the High Court and are assigned to the Chancery Division.
(Section 50 of the Administration of Justice Act 198512 gives the High Court power to appoint a substitute for, or to remove, a personal representative.)
3
Every personal representative of the estate shall be joined as a party.
4
The practice direction makes provision for lodging the grant of probate or letters of administration in a claim under this Section.
5
If substitution or removal of a personal representative is sought by application in existing proceedings, this rule shall apply with references to claims being read as if they referred to applications.