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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.

Court type	Case type	Initiated	Disposed	Disposed
				Absolvitor	Dismissed		For Pursuer		Expenses Only		Other
				Absolvitor	Defended	Undefended	Defended	Undefended	Defended	Undefended	Other
Court of Session	Ordinary	244	161	122	6	0	23	6	0	0	4
	Commercial	165	88	56	5	1	19	4	3	0	0
	Court of Session total	409	249	178	11	1	42	10	3	0	4
Sheriff courts	Small claim	1,238	1,266	423	44	531	22	229	1	4	12
	Ordinary cause	412	263	126	29	8	58	38	2	0	2
	Summary cause	222	205	76	9	59	7	47	2	0	5
	Commercial	15	140	137	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
	Sheriff courts total	1,887	1,874	762	83	598	87	316	5	4	19
Civil courts total		2,296	2,123	940	94	599	129	326	8	4	23

1. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.

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