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- Published at: 17/07/2017
Description
This dataset contains data from the 2017 Courts Service Annual Report. This should be read in conjunction with the relevant published reports from our website.
- 16% increase in new appeals cases in the Supreme Court
- 23% increase in the High Court Commercial List from 2016.
- 84% increase in debt settlements.
- 85% decrease in defamation cases in Circuit Court.
- 19% decrease in self-declared bankruptcy cases
- 37% increase in personal insolvency applications over two years.
- 52% decrease in new possession cases over four years.
- 42% increase in European Arrest Warrant cases.
- 30% decrease in barring orders granted over the past 6 years.
- 25% increase in criminal appeals in all courts
- 15% increase in drugs offenses in the District Court
- 33% increase in appeals from District Court to Circuit Court
- 22% increase in rape trials heard in the Central Criminal Court.