The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2020
These Rules amend the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987 (S.I. 1987/2024) (“the 1987 Rules”) (a) to introduce an overriding objective to the application of the 1987 Rules, (b) to require, with some exceptions, that applications for a grant of probate under the 1987 Rules through solicitors or probate practitioners be made under the online procedure and (c) to permit the use of a witness statement in the alternative to an affidavit.