{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-87.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-87.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/87.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "87.3",
  "heading": "Initial consideration of the application by a single judge",
  "text": "(1) A judge may consider an application under rule 87.2 initially on paper.\n(2) If an application has not been considered initially on paper, it must be considered—\n(a) by a judge sitting in court, unless rule 87.7 applies; or\n(b) if no judge is sitting in court, by a judge otherwise than in court.",
  "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/87.3",
    "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."
}