Chain of Representation in United Kingdom

Definition of Chain of Representation

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Chain of Representation : (chain of executorship, chain of representation)

A rule under the Administration of Estates Act 1925 by which the executor of someone who was himself a sole or surviving executor stands, on the latter’s death, in his place as executor of the testator who appointed him. Thus, if A appoints Bas his only executor and Bin turn appoints C as his own executor, on the death of A and B, C becomes the executor of both. The rule does not apply on intestacy or to an administrator, and the chain is broken by the failure of a testator to appoint an executor or a failure to obtain probate.

See also de bonis non administratis.