{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-57.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-57.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/57.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "57.1",
  "heading": "Scope of this Part and definitions",
  "text": "(1) This Part contains rules about—\n(a) probate claims;\n(b) claims for the rectification of wills; ...\n(c) claims and applications to—\n(i) substitute another person for a personal representative; or\n(ii) remove a personal representative ; ...\n(d) claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 ; ...\n(e) proceedings under the Presumption of Death Act 2013 ; and\n(f) proceedings under the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017.\n(2) In this Part:\n(a) “probate claim” means a claim for—\n(i) the grant of probate of the will, or letters of administration of the estate, of a deceased person;\n(ii) the revocation of such a grant; or\n(iii) a decree pronouncing for or against the validity of an alleged will;\nnot being a claim which is non-contentious (or common form) probate business;\n(Section 128 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 defines non-contentious (or common form) probate business.)\n(b) “relevant office” means—\n(i) in the case of High Court proceedings in a BPD DR, that registry;\n(ii) in the case of any other High Court proceedings, the Business and Property Division at the Rolls Building; and\n(iii) in the case of County Court proceedings, the office of the County Court hearing centre in question;\n(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;\n(d) “will” includes a codicil.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 57 inserted (15.10.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/1388), rule 1(b), Sch. (with rule 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 57.1(1)(b) omitted (2.12.2002) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rules 1(b), 23(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 57.1(1)(d) and word inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rules 1(b), 23(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 57.1(1)(c) omitted (1.10.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2044), rules 2, 10(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 57.1(1)(e) and word substituted for full stop (1.10.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2044), rules 2, 10(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in rule 57.1(1)(d) omitted (31.7.2019) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1034), rules 1(1), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in rule 57.1(1)(e) substituted (31.7.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1034), rules 1(1), 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Rule 57.1(1)(f) inserted (31.7.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1034), rules 1(1), 5(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in rule 57.1(2)(b)(i) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 13(1)(a) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in rule 57.1(2)(b)(ii) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 13(1)(b) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Rule 57.1(2)(b)(iii) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 24(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/57.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}