The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)

[F1 PART 87 E+W APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 87 inserted (6.4.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 8) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/3299), rule 2(c), Sch. 2

SECTION 2 E+W APPLICATIONS TO THE HIGH COURT FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR RELEASE

Return to the writ E+W

87.10.— (1) The return to a writ of habeas corpus for release must—

(a) be indorsed on or annexed to the writ; and

(b) state all the causes of the detention of the detained person.

(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.

(3) The return must be filed and served upon the applicant in accordance with the directions of the court issuing the writ.]