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 18: Damages 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 |
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Initiated | Court of Session 2 | 337 | 527 | 299 | 304 | 357 | 369 | 286 | 409 | 43 | 21 |
Sheriff: ordinary cause | 738 | 791 | 630 | 491 | 496 | 447 | 400 | 412 | 3 | -44 | |
Sheriff: commercial | 38 | 54 | 163 | 37 | 34 | 51 | 46 | 15 | -67 | -61 | |
Sheriff: summary cause | 434 | 561 | 453 | 488 | 382 | 441 | 271 | 222 | -18 | -49 | |
Sheriff: small claim | 3,080 | 2,918 | 2,586 | 2,364 | 2,009 | 1,887 | 1,348 | 1,238 | -8 | -60 | |
Total initiated | 4,627 | 4,851 | 4,131 | 3,684 | 3,278 | 3,195 | 2,351 | 2,296 | -2 | -50 | |
Disposed | Court of Session 2 | 206 | 198 | 292 | 291 | 298 | 359 | 355 | 249 | -30 | 21 |
Sheriff: ordinary cause | 1,415 | 666 | 595 | 675 | 623 | 435 | 304 | 263 | -13 | -81 | |
Sheriff: commercial | 29 | 26 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 140 | 483 | 383 | |
Sheriff: summary cause | 410 | 450 | 457 | 452 | 383 | 340 | 287 | 205 | -29 | -50 | |
Sheriff: small claim | 2,409 | 2,710 | 2,397 | 2,149 | 1,982 | 1,758 | 1,380 | 1,266 | -8 | -47 | |
Total disposed | 4,469 | 4,050 | 3,759 | 3,597 | 3,294 | 2,908 | 2,350 | 2,123 | -10 | -52 |
1. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
2. Includes ordinary and commercial cases.
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