Practice and Procedure with respect to Obtaining Grants of Representation

• Author: Karen Nunez-Tesheira
• Pages: 85-98

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INTRODUCTION

Although there are some variations with respect to the documents required;

the practice and procedure with respect to common form applications for

grants of representation; whether general, limited, second or subsequent

are essentially the same in the various territories.

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

All Jurisdictions (save Jamaica and St Vincent & the Grenadines)1

1. How Made

Applications for common form grants are made ex parte by lodging the

requisite documents in the Probate Section of the Registry of the Supreme/

High Court.2

Trinidad & Tobago

The application may also be made at either the Sub-Registry in San

Fernando or Tobago provided that, at the time of death, the deceased had

a fixed place of abode within the district in which the application is made.3

In practice, however, only applications for small estate grants are filed in

San Fernando.

2. To Whom Made

All Jurisdictions (save Guyana, Montserrat and The Bahamas)

The application for the grant of representation is addressed to and made

by the registrar of the Supreme Court. In Tobago it is addressed to the

deputy registrar of the Sub-Registry in Tobago.

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Practice and Procedure

with Respect to Obtaining Grants

of Representation