{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-57.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-57.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/57.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "57.2",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "(1) This Section contains rules about probate claims.\n(2) Probate claims in the High Court are assigned to a Property, Trusts and Probate List of the Business and Property Division.\n(3) Probate claims in the County Court must be started in accordance with paragraph 4.1(b) of Practice Direction 57AA.\n(4) All probate claims are allocated to the multi-track.",
  "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": "Words in rule 57.2(2) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 13(2)(a) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 57.2(3) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 13(2)(b) (with rule 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/57.2",
    "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."
}