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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 15: Ordinary cause personal injury cases initiated and disposed of 1,2 in the sheriff courts 3, 2015-16
| Case type | Initiated | Disposed | Disposed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolvitor | Dismissed | For pursuer | Expenses only | Other | ||||||
| Defended | Undefended | Defended | Undefended | Defended | Undefended | |||||
| Road traffic accident | 1,715 | 1,338 | 436 | 29 | 7 | 671 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 98 |
| Accident at work | 400 | 396 | 201 | 13 | 1 | 136 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Clinical negligence | 76 | 56 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Asbestos | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Relative's claim | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vibration white finger | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Repetitive strain injury | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 402 | 335 | 174 | 31 | 7 | 82 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Total | 2,607 | 2,146 | 855 | 84 | 16 | 900 | 123 | 25 | 0 | 143 |
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.
3. Excludes Sheriff Personal Injury Court.
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