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Rule 40 Application for leave to sue on guaranteeI1

England and Wales

An application for leave under section 120(3) of the Act or under section 11(5) of the Administration of Estates Act 1971f1 to sue a surety on a guarantee given for the purposes of either of those sections shall, unless the F1district judge or registrar otherwise directs under rule 61, be made by summons to a district judge or registrar and notice of the application shall be served on the administrator, the surety and any co-surety.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in rule 40 inserted (14.10.1991) by The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 1991 (S.I. 1991/1876), rules 1(1), 7(1)

Commencement

I1

Rule 40 in force at 1.1.1988, see rule 1

Footnotes

f1

1971 c. 25.