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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2018-2019

The 2018-2019 civil justice statistics in Scotland release includes main statistics tables, figures and supplementary statistics tables.

Table 28: Civil law cases initiated in the Court of Session¹, sheriff courts² and Sheriff Personal Injury Court³, 2009-10 to 2018-19

Initiated Cases	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Repossession	8,266	5,224	6,752	5,385	4,770	3,268	1,874	1,753	2,056	1,869
Damages	4,851	4,131	3,684	3,278	3,195	2,351	2,296	2,810	2,883	3,127
Personal Injury	9,766	9,099	7,810	8,693	8,287	9,210	8,766	8,378	9,443	9,146
Family	14,733	14,496	13,679	13,862	13,853	13,605	12,892	13,250	12,652	12,989
Eviction	16,528	14,160	13,979	10,532	11,778	13,750	14,690	14,304	14,604	12,407
Debt	55,931	45,375	40,250	35,899	35,390	33,755	34,919	30,567	37,364	29,753
Other	7,768	5,939	5,739	5,093	4,514	4,031	4,100	4,314	4,238	4,685
All cases	117,843	98,424	91,893	82,742	81,787	79,970	79,537	75,376	83,240	73,976

1. Excludes appeals and reclaiming motions in the Inner House.

2. Includes summary applications for repossession cases only.

3. Sheriff Personal Injury Court was established on 22 September 2015.

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