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Once a warning to a caveat has been sealed, is there any time limit within which that warning has to be served? If it is not served within that time, what are the consequences and can another warning be issued?

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Published on: 14 January 2025

The Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987 (NCPR 1987), SI 1987/2024, r 44(5), provides that where a person who claims to have an interest in an estate and consequently causes a warning to be issued against a caveat, the warning,

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Warning definition
What does Warning mean?

A warning is a notice issued out of the nominated registry warning the caveator to enter an appearance to the warning or issue and serve a summons setting out his objection to the sealing of the grant.

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