Succession Act 1965 section 33

Continuance of legal proceedings after revocation of temporary administration

Section 33 deals with what happens to ongoing court cases when a temporary administrator is replaced by a new personal representative.

• Where a temporary administrator is involved in ongoing court proceedings, and their temporary administration is revoked, the court case does not simply come to an end.
• The court handling the proceedings may order that the new personal representative steps into the shoes of the former temporary administrator in those proceedings.
• The case continues as though the new personal representative had been the party to the proceedings from the very beginning.
• The court has discretion to impose any conditions or make any variations to the proceedings that it considers appropriate when making such an order.