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Publication - Statistics

Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2014-2015

Published
18 March 2016
ISBN
9781786521040

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)

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Table 4: Cases1 initiated and disposed of2 in the sheriff courts, by sheriffdom, 2008-09 to 2014-15

Cases Sheriffdom 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 % change
since 2013-14 		2014-15 cases
per 1,000
population3
Initiated Tayside, Central and Fife 22,456 20,204 16,816 14,759 14,006 13,590 13,806 2 13
Glasgow and Strathkelvin 24,919 22,389 17,784 16,305 14,313 13,433 11,517 -14 16
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway 22,949 19,457 16,869 14,171 12,968 12,870 12,929 0 15
Lothian and Borders 24,469 21,439 16,211 14,148 11,554 11,755 13,022 11 13
North Strathclyde 17,177 14,907 12,954 10,577 9,932 10,447 10,096 -3 13
Grampian, Highlands and Islands 14,334 13,341 11,674 10,542 9,737 10,416 10,235 -2 12
Scotland total initiated 126,304 111,737 92,308 80,502 72,510 72,511 71,605 -1 13
Disposed Tayside, Central and Fife 20,160 18,730 16,081 14,343 13,268 12,476 12,782 2 12
Glasgow and Strathkelvin 21,315 20,059 16,134 15,630 13,544 11,828 10,303 -13 14
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway 20,829 18,759 15,979 13,749 12,466 11,801 11,655 -1 13
Lothian and Borders 20,384 20,948 15,957 13,494 11,595 11,029 11,700 6 12
North Strathclyde 15,687 13,455 12,218 9,921 8,803 8,949 9,590 7 12
Grampian, Highlands and Islands 13,166 12,880 11,135 10,010 9,105 9,273 9,775 5 11
Scotland total disposed 111,541 104,831 87,504 77,147 68,781 65,356 65,805 1 12

1. Excludes summary applications.
2. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
3. Statistics have been revised and in addition uses corrected mid-2014 small area population estimates provided by National Records of Scotland October 2016.

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