Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2017-2018

Correction

This publication was corrected on the 5^th of April 2019, following feedback from our users.

The edit, noted on the first bullet point of the Executive Summary, corrects the text relating to exclusive competence reforms to civil proceedings.

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ISBN 978-1-78781-702-9 (web only)
PPDAS 550606

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Contents

Executive Summary

1. Civil justice and court reform
1.1 Structures and Procedures in Civil courts
1.2 Court reforms and expectations
1.3 Recent trends of civil law court cases

2. Civil justice problems
2.1 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey - civil justice module
2.2 Volumes and types of problems in the courts
2.3 Civil legal aid

3. Quality of the statistics
3.1 Overview
3.2 Comparability of data
3.3 Ordinary cause
3.4 Summary application
3.5 Court of Session - personal injury cases
3.6 Divorce and dissolution data sources

4. Definitions
4.1 Civil law case types
4.2 Disposal types (first instance)
4.3 Disposal types (appeals and reclaiming motions)
4.4 Glossary

5. Statistical tables