{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-87.10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-87.10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/87.10",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "87.10",
  "heading": "Return to the writ",
  "text": "(1) The return to a writ of habeas corpus for release must—\n(a) be indorsed on or annexed to the writ; and\n(b) state all the causes of the detention of the detained person.\n(2) The return may be amended, or another return substituted for it, by permission of the court or judge before whom the writ is returnable.\n(3) The return must be filed and served upon the applicant in accordance with the directions of the court issuing the writ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 87 inserted (6.4.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 8) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/3299), rule 2(c), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/87.10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}