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2025, Circuit Court, Civil

Incoming Case Category Breakdown

2025, Circuit Court, Civil

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Assisted Decision Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 413 950 1,117
Care Representatives 607 625 621 564 591 716 267 3 0
Defamation 135 112 151 161 121 282 292 228 189
District Court To Circuit Court 1,386 1,160 1,091 787 822 812 883 871 924
Employment 113 53 114 17 14 29 30 26 22
Examinership 5 0 11 3 3 2 0 4 6
Execution Orders Issued 3,409 2,269 2,269 908 754 1,089 1,206 2,066 0
Execution Orders Issued (Court Orders) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 384
Execution Orders Issued (Judgments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,462
Execution Orders Issued (Possession) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 220
Judgment Mortgage Certs Issued 1,216 796 796 247 190 253 225 279 279
Judgments Marked In The Office 1,911 1,907 1,789 720 627 656 992 1,251 1,462
Licensing 298 259 215 109 161 203 250 201 205
Liquidated Debt 2,806 2,623 3,130 1,638 1,371 1,499 1,987 2,274 2,156
Mental Health Applications 82 132 126 125 114 112 119 160 128
Other 3,625 3,595 3,516 3,095 3,137 3,321 3,922 3,711 0
Personal Injury 12,497 12,193 12,878 10,083 8,856 7,151 7,495 7,228 8,434
Personal Insolvency 2,385 909 4,074 2,916 2,626 2,836 3,386 3,453 2,957
Property (Other) 585 288 231 152 142 137 134 128 99
Property (Possession) 3,640 1,433 1,112 272 477 837 1,019 1,064 1,566
Satisfaction Piece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
  34,700 28,354 32,124 21,797 20,006 19,935 22,620 23,897 21,656

Resolved Case Category Breakdown

2025, Circuit Court, Civil

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Assisted Decision Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 270 622 1,001
Care Representatives 571 554 555 422 550 611 286 1 0
Defamation 6 20 40 10 8 26 42 14 13
District Court To Circuit Court 934 941 1,293 688 665 614 710 2,318 669
Employment 93 75 42 17 16 29 29 16 18
Examinership 4 0 9 4 2 1 1 0 1
Execution Orders Issued 3,258 2,138 2,138 952 744 1,144 1,482 2,307 0
Execution Orders Issued (Court Orders) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 450
Execution Orders Issued (Judgments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,600
Execution Orders Issued (Possession) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 257
Judgment Mortgage Certs Issued 1,216 796 796 247 190 253 225 279 279
Judgments Marked In The Office 1,775 1,615 1,632 751 602 716 953 914 1,600
Licensing 298 259 215 109 161 146 209 200 186
Liquidated Debt 2,496 2,099 2,085 1,120 922 1,023 1,160 1,247 1,902
Mental Health Applications 81 96 97 136 35 30 42 45 42
Other 2,656 2,641 2,245 1,568 1,781 1,842 2,125 2,218 0
Personal Injury 7,609 7,015 7,955 5,587 5,992 6,572 6,876 6,363 6,472
Personal Insolvency 1,168 1,040 2,607 3,082 2,823 2,507 2,899 3,561 2,823
Property (Other) 842 910 784 647 1,016 815 758 622 861
Property (Possession) 2,587 1,813 1,345 480 435 548 381 299 373
Satisfaction Piece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
  25,594 22,012 23,838 15,820 15,942 16,877 18,448 21,026 18,593

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