Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2014-2015

The 2014-15 Civil Justice in Scotland release includes: 1. MAIN STATISTICS TABLES (compromising tables that appear in this bulletin) 2. DIVORCE & DISSOLUTION STATISTICS TABLES (further breakdowns on divorce & dissolution) 3. SUPPLEMENTARY STATISTICS TABLES (additional statistics on civil law cases in sheriff courts and the Court of Session) 4. BACKGROUND DATA TABLES (an interactive dataset on civil law court cases by court, that can be used to generate user customised tables and charts)


Table 16: Summary cause personal injury cases initiated and disposed of1 in the sheriff courts, 2014-15

Case type Initiated Disposed Disposed
Absolvitor Dismissed For pursuer Expenses only Other
Defended Undefended Defended Undefended Defended Undefended
Road traffic accident 2,403 1,719 685 68 437 185 292 17 4 31
Accident at work 313 302 139 12 54 39 47 5 1 5
Clinical negligence 4 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
Relative's claim 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vibration white finger 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Repetitive strain injury 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other 236 165 80 8 31 15 28 1 0 2
Total 2,960 2,192 904 88 525 240 369 23 5 38

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

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