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 16: Summary cause personal injury cases initiated and disposed of 1 in the sheriff courts 2, 2015-16
Case type | Initiated | Disposed | Disposed | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolvitor | Dismissed | For pursuer | Expenses only | Other | ||||||
Defended | Undefended | Defended | Undefended | Defended | Undefended | |||||
Road traffic accident | 2,432 | 2,159 | 741 | 58 | 483 | 381 | 430 | 22 | 17 | 27 |
Accident at work | 191 | 237 | 100 | 11 | 28 | 49 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Clinical negligence | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Relative's claim | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vibration white finger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Repetitive strain injury | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 273 | 269 | 126 | 5 | 50 | 35 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 2,905 | 2,668 | 968 | 74 | 562 | 465 | 517 | 30 | 17 | 35 |
1. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
2. Excludes Sheriff Personal Injury Court.
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