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2020, High Court, Civil

Incoming Case Category Breakdown

2020, High Court, Civil

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Assault 117 113 89 164 114 102 148 144 196
Bail 1,381 1,509 1,390 1,898 1,726 1,676 1,828 1,871 1,996
Breach Of Contract 327 318 285 231 246 1,458 336 1,435 463
Chancery 2,269 1,906 1,624 1,552 1,260 1,132 1,306 1,452 1,509
Commercial 193 161 172 185 152 126 106 76 107
Defamation 152 186 157 156 109 104 68 61 75
Employment 15 15 12 4 8 15 7 11 8
European Arrest Warrants 344 400 399 416 357 259 245 265 344
Garda Compensation 149 139 151 117 60 56 132 3 5
Habeas Corpus 128 97 73 52 97 63 68 83 115
Judicial Review (Asylum-Related) 497 530 368 355 360 336 779 736 1,082
Judicial Review (Other) 464 546 485 558 843 576 627 896 875
Judicial Review Sid 0 0 0 0 0 63 108 241 205
Liquidated Debt 3,042 1,982 1,744 585 773 604 857 909 882
Negligence 324 274 234 210 260 185 132 161 127
Other 1,197 1,455 1,178 752 763 752 988 1,130 0
Personal Injury 8,909 8,889 7,987 6,682 5,145 3,766 4,538 4,612 5,140
Personal Insolvency 60 75 73 35 12 10 96 10 7
Personal Insolvency Cc To Hc 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 125 111
Probate: Local Registries 8,373 9,004 7,521 6,325 7,588 8,015 10,199 10,737 9,408
Probate: Principal Registry 8,231 9,150 10,195 9,362 11,184 13,287 11,331 10,606 13,808
Proceeds Of Crime 32 35 36 35 36 34 43 60 49
Property (Other) 59 43 63 33 37 23 10 32 31
Property (Possession) 301 174 105 55 71 61 72 71 84
Regulation Of Professions 147 188 173 117 111 280 189 232 235
  36,711 37,189 34,514 29,879 31,312 33,041 34,213 35,959 36,862

Resolved Case Category Breakdown

2020, High Court, Civil

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Assault 30 35 29 15 23 68 101 109 136
Bail 1,381 1,439 1,270 1,829 1,715 1,248 1,297 1,279 1,381
Breach Of Contract 119 121 100 30 39 63 153 239 268
Chancery 579 584 371 325 448 525 608 801 991
Commercial 123 116 95 133 111 106 89 108 103
Defamation 16 21 46 25 16 28 47 45 42
Employment 1 10 8 10 5 7 3 3 5
European Arrest Warrants 86 132 148 85 261 274 236 226 130
Garda Compensation 113 134 86 44 110 80 95 99 88
Habeas Corpus 54 42 47 30 67 53 43 56 95
Judicial Review (Asylum-Related) 332 462 397 423 628 369 406 371 557
Judicial Review (Other) 283 494 308 213 370 390 466 835 536
Judicial Review Sid 0 0 0 0 0 63 129 253 145
Liquidated Debt 1,512 1,546 1,381 666 141 149 666 1,056 762
Negligence 98 155 85 33 38 76 189 218 229
Other 427 523 701 451 401 410 550 560 0
Personal Injury 3,910 4,493 4,596 2,556 3,576 3,899 4,415 4,314 4,217
Personal Insolvency 10 51 12 35 14 13 105 11 6
Personal Insolvency Cc To Hc 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 20 47
Probate: Local Registries 7,793 8,862 8,207 6,669 4,782 5,766 8,835 10,111 7,823
Probate: Principal Registry 8,287 10,589 9,679 8,340 12,045 12,264 10,406 13,137 8,790
Proceeds Of Crime 11 15 16 32 40 36 15 19 39
Property (Other) 39 41 30 4 5 84 20 15 32
Property (Possession) 87 179 106 22 17 70 86 132 63
Regulation Of Professions 149 159 163 44 87 261 163 183 163
  25,440 30,203 27,881 22,014 24,939 26,353 29,123 34,200 26,648

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