{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-87.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-87.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/87.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "87.4",
  "heading": "Initial consideration of the application on paper",
  "text": "(1) Where the judge considers the application under rule 87.2 on paper, the judge may—\n(a) make an order for the issue of the writ;\n(b) adjourn the application to a hearing;\n(c) direct that the application be considered by a Divisional Court of the King’s Bench Division;\n(d) direct that the application continues as an application for permission to apply for judicial review;\n(e) give such other directions for resolution of the application as may be appropriate; or\n(f) dismiss the application.\n(2) Where the judge dismisses a paper application, the applicant may request the decision to be reconsidered at a hearing.\n(3) A request under paragraph (2) must be filed within 7 days after service of the order dismissing the application.\n(4) The applicant and the respondent must be given at least 2 days’ notice of the hearing date.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 87.4(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 40(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/87.4",
    "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."
}