Article 51 — Right of suit on death of partner

(I) Where two or more persons may sue or be sued in the name of a firm and any of such persons dies, whether before the institu- tion or the pendency of any suit, it shall not be necessary to join the legal representative of the deceased as a party to the suit (2) Nothing in sub-art. (1) shall limit or otherwise affect any right which the legal representative of the deceased may have: (a) to apply to be made a party to the suit; or (b) to enforce any claim against the survivor or survivors.