Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2014-2015
The 2014-15 Civil Justice in Scotland release includes: 1. MAIN STATISTICS TABLES (compromising tables that appear in this bulletin) 2. DIVORCE & DISSOLUTION STATISTICS TABLES (further breakdowns on divorce & dissolution) 3. SUPPLEMENTARY STATISTICS TABLES (additional statistics on civil law cases in sheriff courts and the Court of Session) 4. BACKGROUND DATA TABLES (an interactive dataset on civil law court cases by court, that can be used to generate user customised tables and charts)
Table 1: Civil law cases initiated and disposed of1 in the Court of Session2 and sheriff courts3, 2008-09 to 2014-15
| Cases | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | % change since 2013-14 |
% change since 2008-09 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiated | Court of Session4 | 5,329 | 6,102 | 5,141 | 4,718 | 4,911 | 4,561 | 5,164 | 13 | -3 |
| Sheriff courts | 126,304 | 111,737 | 92,308 | 80,502 | 72,510 | 72,511 | 71,605 | -1 | -43 | |
| All courts4 | 131,633 | 117,839 | 97,449 | 85,220 | 77,421 | 77,072 | 76,769 | 0 | -42 | |
| Disposed | Court of Session | 4,022 | 4,356 | 4,295 | 4,856 | 4,712 | 4,911 | 4,782 | -3 | 19 |
| Sheriff courts | 111,541 | 104,831 | 87,504 | 77,147 | 68,781 | 65,356 | 65,805 | 1 | -41 | |
| All courts | 115,563 | 109,187 | 91,799 | 82,003 | 73,493 | 70,267 | 70,587 | 0 | -39 | |
1. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
2. Excludes appeals and reclaiming motions in the inner house.
3. Excludes summary applications.
4. These statistics include minor revisions to initiated cases in the Court of Session.
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