# Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979, Article 42: Proceedings against estate of deceased person


Rules of court and, in relation to proceedings in a county court, county court rules may make provision—
(a) for enabling proceedings to be commenced against the estate of a deceased person (whether by the appointment of a person to represent the estate or otherwise) where no grant has been made;
(b) for enabling proceedings purporting to have been commenced against a person to be treated, if he was dead at their commencement, as having been commenced against his estate, whether or not a grant of probate or administration was made before their commencement; and
(c) for enabling any proceedings commenced or treated as commenced against the estate of a deceased person to be maintained (whether by substitution of parties, amendment or otherwise) against a person appointed to represent the estate or, if a grant is or has been made, against the personal representatives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/article/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-42
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