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# RSC ORDER 15 # CAUSES OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIMS AND PARTIES ## FAILURE TO PROCEED AFTER DEATH OF PARTY
Rule 9 |
(1) | If after the death of a claimant or defendant in any claim the cause of action survives, but no order is made substituting as claimant any person in whom the cause of claim vests or, as the case may be, the personal representatives of the deceased defendant, the defendant or, as the case may be, those representatives may apply to the court for an order that unless the claim is proceeded with within such time as may be specified in the order the claim shall be struck out as against the claimant or defendant, as the case may be, who has died; but where it is the claimant who has died, the court shall not make an order under this rule unless satisfied that due notice of the application has been given to the personal representatives (if any) of the deceased claimant and to any other interested persons who, in the opinion of the court, should be notified.
## REPRESENTATION OF BENEFICIARIES BY TRUSTEES, ETC.
Rule 14 |
(1) | Any proceedings, including proceedings to enforce a security by foreclosure or otherwise, may be brought by or against trustees, executors or administrators in their capacity as such without joining any of the persons having a beneficial interest in the trust or estate, as the case may be; and any judgment or order given or made in those proceedings shall be binding on those persons unless the court in the same or other proceedings otherwise orders on the ground that the trustees, executors or administrators, as the case may be, could not or did not in fact represent the interests of those persons in the first-mentioned proceedings.
(2) | Paragraph (1) is without prejudice to the power of the court to order any person having such an interest as aforesaid to be made a party to the proceedings or to make an order under CPR Rule 19.7.

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