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 23: Petitions for judicial review initiated and disposed of1,2 in the Petition Department of the Court of Session, 2008-09 to 2014-15
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | % change since 2013-14 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiated | Judicial Review | ||||||||
| Environmental | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 33 | |
| Housing | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100 | |
| Immigrants | 177 | 210 | 266 | 195 | 224 | 231 | 323 | 40 | |
| Licensing Board | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Planning Permission | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 100 | |
| Prison Authorities | 18 | 107 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 0 | |
| Social Security Benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | |
| Other | 30 | 49 | 54 | 31 | 48 | 49 | 39 | -20 | |
| Total | 232 | 378 | 342 | 243 | 293 | 308 | 399 | 30 | |
| Disposed | Judicial Review | ||||||||
| Environmental | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -100 | |
| Housing | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Immigrants | 153 | 168 | 182 | 267 | 229 | 203 | 229 | 13 | |
| Licensing Board | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Planning Permission | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 75 | |
| Prison Authorities | 15 | 18 | 12 | 95 | 101 | 19 | 10 | -47 | |
| Social Security Benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | |
| Other | 34 | 32 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 40 | 38 | -5 | |
| Total | 212 | 227 | 242 | 412 | 370 | 270 | 287 | 6 | |
1. Changes were made to the case types and final disposals recorded by the Court of Session from 2009-10 which affects the ability to compare petition type.
2. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
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