Courts Service Annual Report 2019

This dataset contains data from the 2019 Courts Service Annual Report. This should be read in conjunction with the relevant published reports from our website.

• 30% increase in interim barring order applications.
• 40% drop in new bankruptcies.
• 28% drop in possession cases initiated, and a 37% drop in possession orders.
• 63% of rape sentences are over ten years in length.
• 30% of licensing applications moved online. Paperless hearings in commercial cases piloted.
• 37% decrease in possession orders.
• 28% decrease in new possession cases lodged.
• 27% decrease in registered judgments for debt.
• 33% increase in new small claims.
• 30% decrease in new asylum cases lodged.
• 22% decrease in applications for protection or supervision orders in childcare.
• 10% increase in applications for leave to appeal.
• 56% increase in number of applications dealt with.
• 8% increase in new appeals in the Court of Appeal
• 29% of appeals taken by lay litigants in the Court of Appeal