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 15: Ordinary cause personal injury cases initiated and disposed of1,2 in the sheriff courts, 2014-15
| Case type | Initiated | Disposed | Disposed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolvitor | Dismissed | For pursuer | Expenses only | Other | ||||||
| Defended | Undefended | Defended | Undefended | Defended | Undefended | |||||
| Road traffic accident | 2,054 | 1,504 | 529 | 26 | 15 | 826 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Accident at work | 581 | 369 | 182 | 8 | 5 | 154 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Clinical negligence | 80 | 60 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Asbestos | 9 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Relative's claim | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vibration white finger | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Repetitive strain injury | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 497 | 373 | 220 | 16 | 10 | 96 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 3,235 | 2,329 | 989 | 64 | 33 | 1,080 | 117 | 27 | 0 | 19 |
1. From 2 November 2009 personal injury cases with a claim amount of more than £5,000 are raised under a new ordinary cause - personal injury court procedure. Either party can request permission from the sheriff to opt out of this procedure and use the standard ordinary cause procedure. All personal injury cases with a claim amount of more than £5,000 are shown in the table above, irrespective of the procedure used.
2. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
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