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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016
Statistics on civil justice, which aims to resolve a range of disputes from debt and eviction to divorce.
Table 11: Debt cases initiated and disposed of 1 in the civil courts, by case type, 2008-09 to 2015-16
Cases | Procedure | 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 | Court of Session | 23 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 8 | -89 | -65 |
Sheriff: ordinary cause | 14,669 | 12,054 | 9,200 | 6,944 | 5,487 | 4,586 | 4,407 | 5,342 | 21 | -64 | |
Sheriff: commercial | 400 | 318 | 223 | 266 | 222 | 241 | 378 | 335 | -11 | -16 | |
Sheriff: summary cause | 7,157 | 5,307 | 4,415 | 3,922 | 3,381 | 3,114 | 3,258 | 3,896 | 20 | -46 | |
Sheriff: small claim | 43,549 | 38,251 | 31,533 | 29,110 | 26,803 | 27,444 | 25,642 | 25,338 | -1 | -42 | |
Total initiated | 65,798 | 55,931 | 45,375 | 40,250 | 35,899 | 35,390 | 33,755 | 34,919 | 3 | -47 | |
Disposed | Court of Session | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 100 | -71 |
Sheriff: ordinary cause | 12,553 | 10,150 | 7,729 | 5,885 | 4,534 | 3,566 | 3,520 | 3,902 | 11 | -69 | |
Sheriff: commercial | 252 | 231 | 166 | 175 | 117 | 143 | 303 | 222 | -27 | -12 | |
Sheriff: summary cause | 7,097 | 5,772 | 4,337 | 3,884 | 3,324 | 2,906 | 3,199 | 3,490 | 9 | -51 | |
Sheriff: small claim | 38,594 | 40,347 | 31,026 | 28,934 | 26,023 | 25,876 | 26,319 | 24,953 | -5 | -35 | |
Total disposed | 58,524 | 56,516 | 43,260 | 38,880 | 34,000 | 32,497 | 33,345 | 32,575 | -2 | -44 |
1. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
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