Publication - Statistics

Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016

Published: 28 March 2017
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order
ISBN: 9781786528667

Statistics on civil justice, which aims to resolve a range of disputes from debt and eviction to divorce.

Table 5: Family procedure cases ¹ initiated and disposed of ² in the civil courts ³, by case type, 2008-09 to 2015-16

Cases	Case type	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	% change since 2014-15	% change since 2008-09
Initiated	Divorce / dissolution	11,752	11,159	11,018	10,678	10,355	10,573	10,301	9,981	-3	-15
	Parental responsibilities & rights	2,364	2,742	2,713	2,272	2,751	2,479	2,587	2,240	-13	-5
	Interdict	381	409	262	329	370	352	292	278	-5	-27
	Aliment	82	88	89	69	58	77	65	49	-25	-40
	Exclusion order	7	18	26	14	14	16	19	14	-26	100
	Nullity of marriage / civil partnership	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	-100	z
	Other	250	317	386	316	314	356	340	330	-3	32
	Total initiated	14,836	14,733	14,496	13,679	13,862	13,853	13,605	12,892	-5	*-13*
Disposed	Divorce / dissolution	11,538	10,750	10,115	9,879	9,571	9,809	9,349	9,390	0	-19
	Parental responsibilities & rights	1,276	1,416	1,596	1,542	1,638	1,634	1,575	1,613	2	26
	Interdict	93	134	140	137	166	146	152	158	4	70
	Aliment	55	46	50	64	32	54	40	36	-10	-35
	Exclusion order	11	4	8	6	6	8	4	8	100	-27
	Nullity of marriage / civil partnership	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	z	z
	Other	177	198	216	234	210	228	203	236	16	33
	Total disposed	13,150	12,548	12,127	11,864	11,623	11,880	11,323	11,442	1	*-13*

1. Excludes family-related summary application cases, which are shown separately in Table 8.
2. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
3. Includes Court of Session and sheriff courts.
4. z refers to data not being applicable.

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Table 5: Family procedure cases 1 initiated and disposed of 2 in the civil courts 3, by case type, 2008-09 to 2015-16

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Table 5: Family procedure cases ¹ initiated and disposed of ² in the civil courts ³, by case type, 2008-09 to 2015-16