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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 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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