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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	Court of Session	23	1	4	8	6	5	70	8	-89	-65
	Sheriff: ordinary cause	14,669	12,054	9,200	6,944	5,487	4,586	4,407	5,342	21	-64
	Sheriff: commercial	400	318	223	266	222	241	378	335	-11	-16
	Sheriff: summary cause	7,157	5,307	4,415	3,922	3,381	3,114	3,258	3,896	20	-46
	Sheriff: small claim	43,549	38,251	31,533	29,110	26,803	27,444	25,642	25,338	-1	-42
	Total initiated	65,798	55,931	45,375	40,250	35,899	35,390	33,755	34,919	3	*-47*
Disposed	Court of Session	28	16	2	2	2	6	4	8	100	-71
	Sheriff: ordinary cause	12,553	10,150	7,729	5,885	4,534	3,566	3,520	3,902	11	-69
	Sheriff: commercial	252	231	166	175	117	143	303	222	-27	-12
	Sheriff: summary cause	7,097	5,772	4,337	3,884	3,324	2,906	3,199	3,490	9	-51
	Sheriff: small claim	38,594	40,347	31,026	28,934	26,023	25,876	26,319	24,953	-5	-35
	Total disposed	58,524	56,516	43,260	38,880	34,000	32,497	33,345	32,575	-2	*-44*

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

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