If you are a beneficiary of an estate and you are worried about the potential conduct of an executor who has been appointed under a will or about the person who wants to apply to administer an estate where there is no will, there is a process that you can follow to prevent that person from taking out a grant of representation.  This starts with lodging a caveat at the probate registry (court).   If you take this step, the intended executor can respond (by lodging what is called a ‘warning’) and if they do so, you must respond with good reason why they should not apply.   A caveat only lasts 6 months.  It is often the first step taken where there is a will dispute and so if you are the executor of a will where a caveat has been lodged, you should take advice as soon as possible.