{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-57.11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-57.11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/57.11",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "57.11",
  "heading": "Discontinuance and dismissal",
  "text": "(1) Part 38 does not apply to probate claims.\n(2) At any stage of a probate claim the court, on the application of the claimant or of any defendant who has acknowledged service, may order that—\n(a) the claim be discontinued or dismissed on such terms as to costs or otherwise as it thinks just; and\n(b) a grant of probate of the will, or letters of administration of the estate, of the deceased person be made to the person entitled to the grant.",
  "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/57.11",
    "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."
}