Where executors who are also adult residuary beneficiaries seek judicial advice to commence proceedings to recover an estate asset, the court may direct that proceedings ought to be commenced but decline to order that costs be borne by the estate, particularly where estate depletion would prejudice another beneficiary who is the income recipient. The competing interests of beneficiaries, the financial means of the applicant-beneficiaries, and the potential impact on estate assets are relevant considerations.
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