Courts Service Annual Report 2021

This dataset contains data from the 2021 Courts Service Annual Report. This should be read in conjunction with the relevant published reports from our website.

• 15% Decrease in New Personal Injury Cases.
• 52% Increase in Commercial Cases.
• 29% Increase in New Possession Cases (High Court).
• 42% Increase in New Bankruptcy Applications.
• 54% Increase in Deed Poll Applications.
• 52% increase in Commercial Cases.
• Criminal Business:
• New Criminal Matters: 391,233.
• 32% increase in Resolved Criminal Matters from 2020
• 57% Increase in Murder and Serious Sexual Offense Trials from 2020.
• 33% Increase in Serious Cases in Circuit Criminal Courts: 18,676 new cases