# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 3: Parties may be added

Extent: N.I.

(1) If on the hearing of any civil bill for the grant or revocation of probate or letters of administration, it appears to [ the judge] that any person, not being already a plaintiff or defendant therein, ought to be made a party to the suit, he may adjourn the case and direct that such person shall be made a party thereto by amendment of the civil bill and shall be served with the civil bill.
(2) [ The judge] may direct the mode and manner in which a civil bill is to be served under paragraph (1) and, if he directs substituted service, shall specify when and in what manner such service is to be effected.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/46/rule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-46/rule-3
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