1. Whilst every effort was made during the interviews to ensure that consultees put forward relevant requests, all requests recorded have been included here regardless of whether they are relevant to the research. The Scottish Executive will attempt to interpret all the requests put forward, using additional information gathered from the reasons given to help clarify the requests where necessary.
2. Due to the large volume of requests put forward, they have been included here in note form. Some requests are too detailed to be included in the Access database and separate submissions have been sent to the Scottish Executive where this has occurred.
Organisation | Statistical Request - A1: Volume of Cases |
7 | In each court, the number of civil and criminal cases heard to show the balance between the two |
8 | Recording of court orders in Scotland |
9 | For all defended cases, the number of occasions on which the case was called in court and the number of motions/minutes enrolled in each case |
11 | Analysis of cause data at individual court level |
11 | Volumes of cases initiated - Court of Session, sheriff courts, summary cause, ordinary cause. In a similar level of detail to those found in criminal statistics. |
12 | All the existing Court of Session data as it stands |
12 | All the following sheriff court data to be broken down by Sheriffdom: tables 3.1, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.12 |
20 | Number of summary causes and ordinary causes raised in sheriff courts by court |
20 | Number of summary causes and ordinary causes raised in sheriff courts by Sheriffdom |
24 | Total number of cases going through sheriff courts and the Court of Session by category |
28 | Time series data across all areas, especially table 3.7 covering ordinary causes |
59 | General data to inform the Scottish civil court system subject map guide for MSPs |
75 | Sheriff court data tables 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.14, 3.15 |
100 | Court of Session data - actions initiated, types, trend data over 10 years, and annual. How many get to what stage - in or out of court, to proof or not. |
100 | Numbers of raised actions and disposals split by theme, but by the same number of themes |
479 | Court of Session statistics as currently published e.g. number of actions defended, outcome of actions - dismissal or absolvitor |
479 | Sheriff court actions, as currently published |
583 | Court of Session data, as currently published |
583 | Numbers of references to the European Court of Justice |
583 | Sheriff court data, as currently published |
663 | Geographical breakdown of statistics already published e.g. location of courts used |
688 | Court of Session - number of cases |
Organisation | Statistical Request - A2: Court Activity and Throughput |
8 | Length of time cases take to complete |
9 | For each case type (small claims, ordinary cause etc), in relation to undefended cases: - the average length of undefended cases broken down into shortest, longest and mean length
- average time again broken down into shortest, longest and mean length from:
- lodging application to the issuing of first stage of procedure
- lodging application for decree to issuing of decree
- requesting extract to issuing of extract or if extract is automatically issued the time between its due date and actual issue
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9 | For each case type (small claim, ordinary cause etc), in relation to defended actions: - the average length of defended cases broken down into shortest, longest and mean length
- length of time from:
- lodging of the Notice of Intention to Defend to allowance of debate, proof, procedure roll or hearing
- allowance of debate, procedure roll, proof or hearing to commencement thereof
- conclusion of proof, hearing, debate, etc to issuing of final decision
- number of adjourned diets for the above split into lack of court time; pursuer's motion; defender's motion
- length of proof, hearing, debate, etc
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9 | Number of cases disposed of broken down as above, for defended and undefended |
9 | Total time staff and judiciary spend in civil work |
10 | Length of time cases take |
11 | Timeliness and frequency of data on cases initiated - Court of Session, sheriff courts, summary cause, ordinary cause, etc |
28 | Data on timeliness e.g. from initiation to final judgment for main case types |
58 | Breakdown of actions that do not reach proof stage ( i.e. are not disposed of by judgment) by length of time running |
58 | Breakdown of all actions by length of time running. Cross-reference this with means of resolution as found in table 2.5. |
58 | Cross-reference length of case with nature of action and sub-category of 'Disposal by Final Judgment' |
75 | Sheriff court data covering the length of time that litigation takes from warranty to disposal |
100 | Courts and tribunals by type of case showing when settled, whether they go to a full hearing and whether they were represented |
100 | Time spent on processes, average length |
479 | Referrals from the Court of Session to other courts and tribunals e.g. to sheriff courts, Scottish Land Court |
616 | Average length of time taken for action by the Court of Session or sheriff court, broken down by type of action |
652 | Delays in the civil courts (see separate submission) |
663 | Number of cases part heard/continued ( i.e. put in queue) |
663 | Number of cases delayed due to a lack of judge availability |
663 | Number of days an individual judge has sat |
663 | Number of days each court has sat |
663 | Tracking of individual cases - time taken to achieve resolution |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B1: Personal Injury and Damages |
10 | More detail from sheriff courts on personal injury cases e.g. range of amounts sued for, how many were accidents at work and how many were backed by trade unions |
20 | Information regarding personal injury to include type of claims brought within this theme |
72 | All causes initiated against claims for mesothelioma in the Court of Session |
72 | Mesothelioma causes initiated by claimant, broken down by: victim, relative(s), executor |
72 | Claims raised by the relative(s) of victims of mesothelioma by status of relative(s): spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandchild, grandparent |
72 | All mesothelioma claims settled showing length of time from initiation to settlement shown by: victim, relative(s), executor raising the claim |
72 | Outcomes of claims against mesothelioma: damages awarded by judge or jury; settled out of court; case withdrawn; damages awarded by the company |
72 | Prior to death: all mesothelioma causes initiated and settled as raised by the victim |
72 | Post death: all mesothelioma causes raised by the relative(s) broken down by: claims already raised by the victim; new claims |
72 | Post death: all mesothelioma causes raised by the victim's executor broken down by claims already raised by the victim; new claims |
112 | Awards of damages to the public and employers: the number of awards, the size of the award, and the nature of injury to which they relate ( e.g. deafness, vibration/white finger) by Sheriffdom |
343 | Fatal accident inquiry report data (individual cases) |
484 | Total number of defamation cases raised by type of court: sheriff court or Court of Session |
621 | Asbestos - cases that are diagnosed at post mortem stage |
621 | Asbestos - how many cases have a jury trial |
621 | Asbestos - how many claimants receive damages in life |
621 | Asbestos - how many victims are unable to claim due to lack of insurers |
621 | Asbestos - the gender of those who initiate actions for asbestos by victim or relative |
621 | Asbestos - the number of cases where the family is pursuing the claim |
621 | Asbestos - the total number of claims for compensation against all asbestos related diseases by court |
621 | Asbestos - those who initiate a claim by category of asbestos related disease. These include: mesothelioma; asbestos related lung cancer; asbestosis; plural thickening; defuse plural thickening; pleural plaques; lung cancer and asbestosis; lung cancer and pleural plaques |
621 | Asbestos - where there are no insurers (post 1972) how many cases are reported to the Procurator Fiscal Office |
621 | Asbestos - whether the claimants are time barred |
652 | The impact of voluntary pre-action protocols on personal injury litigation (see separate submission) |
663 | Breakdown of the statistics currently published, by personal injury category |
693 | Personal injury, as currently published |
693 | Damages, as currently published |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B2: Debt, Bankruptcy and Diligence |
2 | A breakdown of outcomes from earnings arrestment and warrant sales in terms of penalties imposed |
3 | Cases of debt |
8 | Number of time orders raised under the Consumer Credit Act |
20 | Greater level of information pertaining to issues of debt to include results of claims - whether found in favour of the debtor or pursuer, by type of case |
20 | Greater level of information pertaining to enforcement - to include: money attachment, land attachment, bank arrestment, exceptional attachment order |
26 | Debt issues as published currently, split by ethnicity |
28 | Breakdown of claims relating to debt |
55 | Operation of diligence |
74 | Under the new legislation for the Debt Arrangement and Attachment Act - how many people are represented by solicitors, how many appear in court in person and what is the outcome of the case in terms of arrangements to pay the debt |
74 | Under the new legislation for the Debt Arrangement and Attachment Act - of those people that are unrepresented, how many are funded by legal aid |
75 | Diligence data tables 5.1, 5.5 |
90 | Bankruptcy, as currently published |
90 | Number of attachment orders |
90 | Time to pay orders/actions - numbers ordered and type of remedies available and used |
90 | General debt, as currently published |
90 | Summary warrants - numbers, who is pursuing who, sectoral breakdown, revenue |
93 | Debt and bankruptcy |
95 | Consumer credit licensing court actions: number of license refusals and revocations of debt collection |
105 | Earnings arrestments executed as an alternative to bankruptcy |
105 | Number of cases of people threatened with bankruptcy |
105 | Number of forced sale actions against property |
105 | Number of sequestrations initiated and outcomes of court decisions on sequestrations |
105 | The number of bankruptcy restriction orders |
105 | The number of income payment orders |
105 | Number of diligences executed compared with bankruptcy figures in total |
134 | Breakdown of types of debt action (agreement to repay etc.) by number of actions and monetary value |
134 | Current general statistics on levels of debt in Scotland, e.g. number of actions taken |
166 | Insolvency, as currently published |
166 | Diligence, as currently published |
166 | Diligence - total number, including those under summary warrant |
166 | Diligence - numbers split by type of diligence e.g. money attachment (all further disaggregations to be applied to these types) |
166 | Diligence - numbers successful and unsuccessful |
166 | Diligence - aggregate value of underlying debt |
166 | Diligence - amounts recovered |
166 | Diligence - numbers served on banks |
166 | Diligence - geographical area ( e.g. local authority) |
166 | Diligence - originator, possibly by Bank of England legal status classification |
190 | Information on lending and personal debt on a Scotland-wide basis |
190 | Underlying figures on possession, bankruptcy and debt |
300 | Insolvency statistics such as warranted petitions and awards made, by Sheriffdom |
300 | Monetary court actions such as debt recovery and how many cases get to different stages such as judgment |
347 | Attachment of earnings orders and charging orders |
347 | Sequestrations - in particular bankrupt individuals rather than company bankruptcies: number of appeals filed for and disposed of; petitions issued by creditor/debtor; number of orders and number of these dismissed or taken to court |
347 | Third party debt orders (previously known as garnishee orders) |
347 | Court-authorised bailiffs' actions |
379 | Data relating to levels of debt |
411 | How many applications have been made for bankruptcy by Sheriffdom or Sheriff Area and trends over time |
411 | Number of applications of diligence by type and whether business or individual |
479 | Diligence, earnings arrestments as currently published |
479 | Diligence, earnings arrestments by geographical area |
495 | Breakdown of debt causes initiated and disposed of by gender and social class |
495 | Diligence - warrant sales and debt |
495 | Information on diligence (warrants and debt) over time (annually over 5 years) |
616 | Arrestments on bank accounts (found in Section 5 - Diligence) broken down e.g. by diligences executed under summary warrant, arrestments on dependence etc. |
662 | Admiralty (see separate submission) |
662 | Arrestment (see separate submission) |
662 | Attachment (see separate submission) |
662 | Diligence - general (see separate submission) |
662 | Diligence against earnings (see separate submission) |
662 | Diligence on the dependence of a court action (see separate submission) |
662 | Ejection (see separate submission) |
662 | Information disclosure order (see separate submission) |
662 | Inhibition (see separate submission) |
662 | Interim attachment (see separate submission) |
662 | Land attachment (see separate submission) |
662 | Money attachment (see separate submission) |
662 | Residual attachment (see separate submission) |
662 | Time to pay (see separate submission) |
693 | Diligence, as currently published |
711 | Debt - the number of actions raised in sheriff courts by whom: individual or business |
711 | The number of actions raised against debt by range of debt |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B3: Housing and Land/Heritable |
3 | All cases on housing issues |
20 | Land/heritable actions brought by mortgage lender or landlord |
20 | Greater level of information pertaining to land/heritable actions, to include a breakdown of causes initiated against rent, repossessions and repairs |
55 | Peripheral interest in mortgage repossessions |
63 | Outcome of housing disputes - whether they found in favour of the tenant or landlord |
63 | The number of applications to suspend enforcement of standard security by sheriff court |
63 | The outcomes of the application to suspend enforcement - whether they found in favour of the debtor |
63 | The total number of disputes raised against safeguarded tenancy deposits |
74 | At what point is a housing case resolved - from issue of writ through to decree |
74 | How many actions are being raised for eviction |
74 | How many actions for eviction are initiated and disposed of each year |
74 | How many cases are recalled to offer the people a further chance to pay before eviction |
74 | Who is raising actions for evictions - individuals, private landlord or a socially registered landlord |
74 | How many eviction actions are raised by private landlords and what are the outcomes |
74 | What is the amount that actions are raised for in connection with land and heritable |
74 | A greater level of breakdown about the nature of land/heritable actions |
74 | Where land/heritable decrees have been granted, what is the resulting action, i.e. eviction or other |
190 | Number of actions raised by mortgage settled in court versus out of court |
190 | Number of actions raised by mortgage (debt) broken down by outcome |
190 | Arrears and possession information |
210 | Information on the Lands Tribunal as in table 7.3 |
347 | Possessions orders entered into, suspended and granted by mortgage, private tenants, registered social landlords |
379 | Data on repossessions |
711 | Number of people who lose their home through repossession |
711 | Reasons for people losing their home through repossession - mortgage payments or repossession decree by courts |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B4: Family - Children |
3 | Greater exploration of child contact arrangements and how they relate to referrals to Children's Hearings |
40 | How many cases for contact or residence are applied for and how many are rejected on the grounds of domestic violence |
40 | How many appeals are initiated because an order for contact or residence has been refused |
40 | With regards to child protection - the number of cases initiated under the Protection of Children Act 1999 which are brought about due to sexual offences |
59 | Breakdowns of data on residence and contact (table 3.7), including separation of these two elements, and information on what was asked for over and above that granted |
65 | Child support e.g. numbers around the impact of the reform of the Child Support Agency |
65 | Who raises the case, against whom the case is raised and for what reason |
65 | General numbers processed in addition to numbers successful/unsuccessful |
66 | Children living in separated households - how many parents eventually divorced and where their care/residence is located (mother or father), linked to how many subsequently became looked after by the state |
210 | Information from Children's Hearings |
255 | Within international private law, international child abduction numbers: incoming, outgoing, destination and country removed from |
479 | Use of the Children's Hearing system |
632 | With regards to residence and contact, what kind of order is being sought |
632 | The number of actions for residence or contact raised by children or where children are party to the action |
632 | Residence and contact - what is the age of the young person raising the action broken down into under 12 years and over 12 years |
632 | Residence and contact - how many cases include the views of the child being expressed in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child or the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 - by age of the child |
632 | Residence and contact actions - whether the child bringing the case is a looked after child |
632 | How many children initiate an action against a school placement or appeal against an exclusion |
632 | How many parenting orders have been issued by courts |
632 | International child abduction cases - which countries are involved |
638 | Family court cases - number of cases raised against child residence |
638 | Family court cases - number of cases raised against child contact |
661 | Children (Scotland) Act 1995 - actions initiated and disposed of, interval between initiation and disposal, type of order awarded |
667 | Adoptions - numbers and rate, disaggregated by age, gender, social class, postcode location, employment, education level, demographics |
667 | Parenting orders - numbers and rate, disaggregated by age, gender, social class, postcode location, employment, education level, demographics |
670 | Contact and residence (see separate submission) |
670 | Parental rights and responsibilities (see separate submission) |
714 | Adoption - numbers granted, refused and withdrawn nationally and by local authority |
714 | Children's Hearings - application to sheriff courts for a ruling |
714 | Children's Hearings - what are the outcomes of the referral to court |
714 | Children's Hearings - what the basis is for referral to the courts and why |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B5: Family - Marriage and Divorce |
12 | Divorce data to be broken down by Sheriffdom (table 6.1) |
59 | Civil partnership data (2004 Act) |
59 | Cohabitation data |
59 | Divorce data broken down into nationality of each party |
65 | Divorce, as currently published |
75 | Divorce data table 6.1 |
93 | Divorce data |
210 | Information currently given under the section on divorce |
255 | Within conflict of laws - jurisdiction. For cases relating to consistorial actions: numbers/frequency of use of different bases of jurisdiction. |
379 | Numbers of divorce cases |
638 | Family court cases - number of cases raised against divorce |
661 | Divorce Act 1976 - actions initiated and disposed of, interval between initiation and disposal, type of order awarded |
667 | Divorce - numbers and rate, disaggregated by age, gender, social class, postcode location, employment, education level, demographics |
667 | Marriage - numbers, rate and duration, disaggregated by age, gender, social class, postcode location, employment, education level, demographics |
667 | Cohabitation data - numbers of families, children in cohabiting families and breakdowns in cohabitation, disaggregated by age, gender, social class, postcode location, employment, education level, demographics |
668 | Cohabitation - how many go on to get married |
668 | Cohabitation - length of time cohabiting before marriage |
668 | Cohabitation - numbers split by sexual orientation, disability, geography, religion, race |
668 | Divorce - age of divorcees |
668 | Divorce - length of time married before getting divorced |
668 | Divorce - numbers split by sexual orientation, disability, geography, religion, race |
668 | Divorce - time when first noticed relationship was in trouble |
668 | Divorce - whether children are from that union or not |
668 | Divorce - whether couples have children |
668 | Divorce - whether those filing in Scotland were married in Scotland |
668 | Marriages - numbers by type - whether civil partnership or religious etc |
668 | Marriages and civil partnerships - numbers split by sexual orientation, disability, geography, religion, race |
670 | Civil partnership dissolution (see separate submission) |
670 | Cohabitation (see separate submission) |
670 | Divorce (see separate submission) |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B9: Miscellaneous |
2 | Numbers of miscellaneous and administrative applications disposed of (civil imprisonment, protection from harassment, fatal accident inquiries as in table 3.12) broken down by socio-economic and demographic characteristics such as age and gender |
26 | Business licensing issues, split by ethnicity |
26 | Number of cases brought against trespass, split by ethnicity |
45 | No changes required to the data contained in the publication |
47 | Number of cases brought to court under the Consumer Credit Act |
47 | Date of cases brought to court under the Consumer Credit Act |
47 | Name of courts where cases are brought to court under the Consumer Credit Act |
47 | Number of judgments in favour of the consumer in cases brought to court under the Consumer Credit Act |
47 | Number of judgments in favour of the trader in cases brought to court under the Consumer Credit Act |
93 | Data around new legislation/offences e.g. community right to buy (land), parents taking schools to court |
93 | Licensing/casino |
93 | Trends of cases |
95 | Number of fixed penalty notices and breakdown by subject ( ASBO, smoking, parking etc) |
95 | Numbers of injunctive actions in the sheriff courts related to the Enterprise Act 2002 |
112 | Actions regarding nuisance - numbers and nature ( e.g. odour, flies, blocking of pathways) |
112 | Commercial actions arising out of construction work - numbers, size, geography |
112 | Environmental liabilities under terms of forthcoming EU Directive - number of actions raised and outcomes, by Sheriffdom |
112 | Court actions e.g. deciding liability for removal of a pipe |
255 | Within international private law - the number of times foreign law is relevant in a case but not proved |
255 | How many causes are raised within commercial law |
347 | Any data enabling correlation of the level of the court with the seriousness of the issue, to identify 'misuse' |
347 | Council tax liability orders - served and granted |
347 | Hire purchase - return of goods actions |
347 | Orders to obtain information ( e.g. in income) |
347 | Number of County Court Judgments (Decrees), Administration Orders and Child Support Agency Orders |
484 | Total number of actions raised regarding restriction of publication orders |
661 | Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 - actions initiated and disposed of, interval between initiation and disposal, type of order awarded |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B11: Health, Welfare and Personal Protection |
3 | Anti-social behaviour orders/notices |
3 | Divorce - is there any evidence of domestic violence in the case |
34 | Cases brought about through violence against women |
40 | How many divorce cases are the result of domestic violence |
40 | Matrimonial Homes Act 1981 - how many cases were brought for interdict with the power of arrest and what are they asking for |
40 | Matrimonial Homes Act 1981 - how many interdicts are granted and how many are refused by reason for refusal |
40 | Matrimonial Homes Act 1981 - how many powers of arrest are invoked and what is the outcome of these |
40 | Matrimonial Homes Act 1981 - who is applying for interdict by gender, age, court |
40 | Matrimonial Homes Act 1981 - how many cases were brought for an ordinary interdict and what are they asking for |
40 | Matrimonial Homes Act 1981 - the cost of applying for an interdict |
40 | Matrimonial Homes Act 1981 - for those applying for an interdict, was legal aid granted |
69 | Information on number of applications for financial and welfare guardianships, and numbers granted, by Sheriffdom. |
69 | Mental health reports requested by the courts (probably more in relation to the criminal side rather than the civil side) |
69 | Appeals that relate to the new Mental Heath (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 - number of cases by region and outcome (whether the appeal was upheld or not). Demographics relating to the person who appealed. |
69 | Historical data on civil actions within the sheriff courts relating to the Mental Health Act 1984 - the same information that the new Tribunal reports provide and outcomes of cases. |
343 | Appeals to the Sheriffs Principal and the Court of Session arising from Mental Health Tribunal Scotland determinations, by Sheriffdom |
343 | Applications under Part 6 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, and disposals, by Sheriffdom |
343 | Warrants, removal orders and place of safety orders issued by courts under the MHC& TS Act, by Sheriffdom |
343 | Applications under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act for welfare guardianship (where welfare powers are granted) and a breakdown of disposals, by Sheriffdom |
495 | Breakdown on harassment figures (as in table 3.12) by gender and social class |
507 | Interdicts and exclusion orders (see separate submission) |
507 | Exclusion orders (see separate submission) |
507 | Local authorities and the use of exclusion orders available to them under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (see separate submission) |
507 | Breach of interdict (see separate submission) |
507 | Civil non-harassment (see separate submission) |
632 | The number of anti-social behaviour orders issued for those under 16 years of age by court |
632 | Under the Ant-social Behaviour Act, how many local authorities have been enforced to comply with the supervision order |
638 | Family court cases - matrimonial interdict |
667 | Numbers of interdicts against spouses - numbers and rate, disaggregated by age, gender, social class, postcode location, employment, education level, demographics |
667 | Anti-social behaviour orders - numbers and rate, disaggregated by age, gender, social class, postcode location, employment, education level, demographics |
714 | Number of anti-social behaviour orders issued by local authorities |
714 | The number of civil orders made in respect of those that committed a sexual offence by police area or Sheriffdom |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B12: Equalities and Human Rights |
30 | Discrimination cases - numbers of cases raised by type of disability and type of case, which legislation they are brought under, outcome of case, geographical location of chair sitting |
34 | Cases brought under the Sex Discrimination Act broken down by type: harassment, employment, goods, facilities and services |
34 | Cases brought under the Equal Pay Act |
71 | How many substantive human rights cases are brought before the Scottish courts |
71 | Whether or not the judgment made some specific reference to the human rights issue with damages awarded specifically for the human rights part, or if someone has brought a case where it is both common law and human rights and they are awarded damages but only for the common law issue |
71 | Which articles of the European Convention were raised, whether it was one or several |
71 | More data on the geographical areas of where human rights cases are being brought, gender of litigants, age, race or ethnic background |
71 | What courts the human rights case was brought before - whether it was first instance or appeal |
495 | Data on immigrants, as found in table 2.10, expanded and explained. In particular, a short paragraph outlining what the data refers to, as found in the publication Social Trends. |
649 | How many cases are raised against human rights |
649 | What are the outcomes of human rights cases |
649 | How many claims are made under other acts which have a human rights angle |
676 | How many cases of human rights have been identified broken down by demographics |
676 | If a judgment is made using human rights legislation and which article is being used broken down by demographics |
676 | Information on how human rights are used in the Scottish legal system broken down by demographics |
Organisation | Statistical Request - B13: Family - General |
34 | More detail regarding family law cases and the outcomes from these cases |
632 | Family law - how many litigants are legally represented |
632 | Family law - how many litigants receive legal aid |
661 | Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 - actions initiated and disposed of, duration of disposal, type of order awarded |
661 | Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 - actions initiated and disposed of, interval between initiation and disposal, type of order awarded |
661 | Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 - actions raised and disposed of, interval between initiation and disposal, type of order awarded |
661 | Actions initiated connected to family law by Sheriffdom |
661 | Proportion of actions raised in sheriff courts and the Court of Session connected with family law |
661 | Whether the courts found in favour of the pursuer or defender in family law |
661 | The number of actions initiated in connection with family law that have been legal aid assisted |
661 | To what degree the actions initiated connected with family law are legal aid assisted - fully or partially |
667 | Any new legislation which affects family life - numbers and rate, disaggregated by age, gender, social class, postcode location, employment, education level, demographics |
Organisation | Statistical Request - C2: Disposal and Settlement |
7 | In all courts, with regards to relationships between alternative dispute resolution and cases needing judgment, the statistics should show the distinction between cases disposed of by agreement and cases where the judge hears the evidence or legal argument and makes the final decision |
10 | Court of Session data - how are cases settled |
11 | Trajectory and outcome of cases |
24 | Stages at which an outcome is reached in courts, broken down into the following phases: issue of writ, lodging of defence, closing of the record of action, prior to trial date and decision by judge |
26 | Numbers wrongfully dismissed, split by ethnicity |
58 | Breakdown of 'disposal of by final judgment' category in table 2.5 into more subcategories, including mediation |
100 | Decree numbers and type - undefended or negotiated settlement. It is not clear what is meant by disposal by final judgment - negotiated undefended decree or number gone to proof. |
583 | Numbers of actions settled |
583 | Outcomes on appeals in Scotland |
652 | Full hearings (proof or jury trial) in the Scottish civil justice system (see separate submission) |
663 | Numbers settling out of court and at what stage in the process |
688 | Court of Session - successful or unsuccessful cases |