Contents: Part I: The common form probate practice -- The probate jurisdiction of the family division -- General procedure in registry -- Wills and cocidils -- Probates -- Letters of administration with the will annexed -- Letters of administration -- Minority or life interests and second administrators -- Inland revenues and accounts -- Trust corporations -- Settled land grants -- Grant where deceased died domiciled out of england and wales -- Grants 'de bonis non' -cessate grants-double probate -- Right of the court to select an administrator - 'commorientes' -- Renunciation and retraction -- Amendment and notation of grants -- revocation and impounding of grants -- Resealing -- Inventory and account -- Deposit and registration of wills of living persons -- Searches and copies-exemplifications-duplicate grants -- Affidavits, affirmations and statutory declarations -- Caveats -- Citations -- Applications to district judge, registrar of high court judge (non-contentious business) -- Part II: Contentious business -- Introduction -- Actions -- Parties to actions -- Writ of summons -- Scripts -- Pleadings generally -- Statement of claim -- Defence and counterclaim -- Reply and subsequent pleadings -- Discovery -- Summons for directions -- Interlocutory applications -- Trial -- Costs -- County court -- Associated actions

Kept up-to-date by cumulative supplements.

Pocket parts.