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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.

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	Summary cause	19,944	16,528	14,160	13,979	10,532	11,778	13,750	14,690	7	-26
Disposed	Summary cause	19,191	16,986	14,906	13,972	12,358	11,613	12,892	13,905	8	-28

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

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