Section 21 HA 1988 possession of assured shorthold tenancies in England: standard procedure flowchart—preconditions, notice periods, issuing N5/N119, hearings, possession orders, and enforcement

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The flow diagram outlines when an executor might renounce probate, the effects this has on administering the estate, and which other individuals may apply for a grant instead, in their place. It also additionally covers the circumstance in which a proving sole, or sole-surviving, executor dies, and explains how the chain of representation interacts with renunciation by their own executor(s). If one of several appointed executors dies after obtaining a grant, but there remain surviving, proving executors named in that grant, those executors will carry on acting...

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