Civil justice statistics quarterly: July to September 2014
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Civil Justice Statistics. The bulletin presents the latest statistics on the type and volume of civil, judicial review and privacy injunction cases that are received and processed through the justice system of England and Wales.

Civil Justice Statistics 
Quarterly, England and Wales 
 
July to September 2014  
 
Ministry of Justice 
Statistics bulletin 
 
 
Published 4 December 2014 
 
 
 

Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly July to September 2014 
 
Contents  
 
Introduction 
3 
Key Findings 
4 
1: Civil (excluding family) cases 
5 
2: Judicial Reviews 
11 
Annex A: Planned upcoming changes to publications 
16 
Annex B: List of Accompanying Tables and CSV 
17 
Annex C: Explanatory notes 
18 
Contacts 
20 
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Introduction 
This is the first edition of a new statistical bulletin presenting statistics 
relating to civil cases and Judicial Reviews. These statistics were previously 
published within Court Statistics Quarterly Statistics which, after 
consultation, has been split into separate policy focussed publications. 
It gives provisional figures for the latest quarter (July to September 2014) 
with accompanying commentary and analysis. The figures themselves give 
a summary overview of the volume of cases dealt with by these courts over 
time and are used to monitor court workloads, to assist in the development 
of policy and their subsequent monitoring and evaluation.  
Civil cases are those that do not involve family matters or failure to pay 
council tax. These cases are mainly dealt with by county courts and typically 
relate to debt, the repossession of property, personal injury, the return of 
goods and insolvency. Particularly important, complex or substantial cases 
are instead dealt with in the High Court.  
Judicial Reviews (JRs) are a process by which individuals, businesses and 
other affected parties can challenge the lawfulness of decisions or actions of 
the Executive, including those of Ministers, local authorities, other public 
bodies and those exercising public functions. It is a largely judge-developed 
procedure and can be characterised as the rule of law in action, providing a 
key mechanism for individuals to hold the Executive to account. It is, 
however, intended to operate quickly and proportionately. Certain 
protections are in principle provided against spurious claims: only those with 
sufficient interest are able to bring a case and they must first obtain 
permission for their case to be heard. 
Information about the systems and data included in this publication can be 
found in the ‘A Guide to Court and Administrative Justice Statistics’ 
which is published alongside this report.  
www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-court-and-administrative-
justice-statistics 
There is also a separate Glossary published alongside this which provides 
brief definitions for the terms used in this report. Information regarding the 
symbols and conventions used in the bulletin are given in the Explanatory 
notes section. 
Previous editions of Court Statistics Quarterly can be found here: 
www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly 
The next publication of Civil Justice Statistics is scheduled to be published 
on 5 March 2015, covering the period October to December 2014. 
 
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Key Findings 
This report presents statistics on two categories of justice: civil (excluding 
family cases) and judicial reviews in England and Wales in the third quarter 
of 2014 (July to September). 
Civil (excluding family) cases 
 In July to September 2014, courts dealt with 407,000 claims (12% 
higher than the same quarter last year). The number of judgements 
reached its highest figure since 2009 at 224,000 and in addition, the 
number of warrants also showed an increase of 12% to 64,000 
compared to the same period in 2013. In contrast, the number of 
defences stands at 45,000, a 21% decrease compared to the same 
period in 2013. 
 From 2009 to 2013, it is estimated that between 2.6% and 3.5% of 
claims issued in a given quarter have gone to hearing or trial. Estimates 
suggest that 2014 will see a similar pattern. 
 There was an average of 56 weeks between a fast or multi-track claim 
being issued and the claim going to trial. The time between issue and 
the claim going to trial rose between 2008 and 2013 but has dropped in 
2014. 
Judicial Reviews 
 Due to the transfer of immigration and asylum Judicial Reviews to the 
Upper Tribunal for Immigration and Asylum Cases (UTIAC), there has 
been a sharp decrease in the total number of judicial review applications 
lodged. In January to September 2014, 3,000 applications were lodged, 
compared with around 15,500 in the whole of 2013. Prior to this, the 
number of applications had more than tripled over a 13 year period. 
 This year, a higher proportion of cases have become eligible for a final 
hearing, 15% compared with 10% of cases in 2013. Of the 464 cases 
that were eligible for a final hearing in 2014 to date, currently only 73 
have reached a decision. Of these, almost half (34) were found in favour 
of the appellant.  
 Overall, the proportion of all cases that were found in favour of the 
appellant at final hearing has reduced from 12% in 2000 to 1% in 2013. 
So far this year the proportion has remained the same. 
 From the 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2014, there were around 
22,000 cases lodged. Of these, around 12,500 (57%) had reached 
permission or oral renewal stage. Of those that had reached these 
stages, 28% were found to be totally without merit. 
 
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1: Civil (excluding family) cases 
A civil claim against a person or a company (the defendant) starts when a 
person or company (the claimant) completes and submits a claim form to 
the County Court. This can be done either in person or online. A copy of the 
claim form along with a response pack is sent to (served on) the defendant 
who has 14 days to respond to the claim. If the defendant disputes 
(defends) the claim (in full or part) and mediation fails, the case is allocated 
by a judge to one of three case-management tracks (small claims track, fast 
track or multi track). Allocated cases which are not settled or withdrawn 
generally result in a small claim hearing or trial1. A judgment regarding the 
claim can be made at various stages of the process. There are various 
methods of enforcing a judgment through the county courts including 
warrants and orders. 
Estimating case progression: In addition to providing results regarding the 
civil workload of the courts, this bulletin contains estimates of the 
percentage of claims issued in a specific quarter or year that will, in time, 
progress to a defence, allocation or hearing or trial in County Courts. These 
figures are different from the court workload figures which show the total 
number of defences, allocations or hearings or trials in that quarter, 
irrespective of when the claim was issued. 
The case progression estimates include upper and lower estimates around 
them (a confidence interval) reflecting the uncertainty inherent in any 
estimation of the future. Claims from more recent periods will, by definition, 
have had less time for the case to be processed so there is more 
uncertainty around the final estimate, resulting in a wider confidence interval 
(Please see A Guide to Court and Administrative Justice Statistics1 for 
more information on how this figure is calculated). 
As supplementary information, we also provide the percentage of claims 
issued in a quarter or year that have already resulted in a defence, 
allocation or hearing or trial. Caution should be exercised when interpreting 
these figures for recent years. The information contained in the bulletin is 
based on the available data when the database was extracted; 
consequently a proportion of claims made in more recent quarters are still 
awaiting progression to the next stage of court action. Claims from earlier 
periods will have had longer for the case to be processed than those from 
more recent periods so a lower proportion of these earlier claims are likely 
to be still awaiting a defence, allocation or hearing or trial. 
 
 
                                            
1 For further details of the way civil claims are processed and case progression please see 
A Guide to Court and Administrative Justice Statistics: 
www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319022/guide-to-
court-and-administrative-justice-statistics-june-2014.pdf 
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Number of claims issued 
In July to September 2014, a total of 407,063 claims were issued, 12% 
higher than in the same quarter in 2013 (Table 1.1 and Figure 1.1). There 
was a general downward trend in the number of claims between 2006 and 
2012 from 2.1 million to a low of 1.4 million  – since then, this trend appears 
to be reversing with a slight increase in 2013 to 1.45 million and 1.2 million 
claims have been made within the first 3 quarters of 2014.   
In the most recent quarter, 80% of all claims were money claims. This 
proportion has remained broadly stable year on year, since data collection 
started in 2000. In the current quarter, 89% of money claims (291,781) 
related to claims for specified amounts of money (up 24% from the same 
time last year).  The remaining money claims related to unspecified money 
claims, down 7% from last year (Table 1.2). 
In July to September 2014, there were 79,604 non-money claims (down 
11% on the same point in 2013) bringing the total for three quarters of 2014 
to 243,270. Annually, this figure dropped from an average of just under 
400,000 between 2000 and 2008 to an average of just over 330,000 
between 2009 and 2013. This decrease can be partially explained by the fall 
in mortgage possession claims. This coincided with lower interest rates, a 
proactive approach from mortgage lenders in managing consumers in 
financial difficulties, and various interventions, such as introduction of the 
Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol2 that encouraged more pre-action contact 
between lender and borrower (Table 1.2).  
There were 6,178 insolvency petitions3 (excluding in the Royal Courts of 
Justice) in July to September 2014. This shows a 17% decrease on the 
same quarter last year and remains within the general downward trend seen 
since 2009.  Between 2000 and 2009, insolvency petitions more than tripled 
(Table 1.2). The large decrease since 2009 has been steepest among 
bankruptcy petitions made by debtors, then among bankruptcy petitions 
made by creditors, and least severe among petitions for company windings 
up4. 
                                            
2 For more information on the Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol please see Annex B of the 
Mortgage and landlord possession statistics publication.   
3 Insolvency petitions relate to bankruptcy or companies “winding up” 
4 See the accompanying csv files for more information 
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Figure 1.1: Civil claims, defences, allocations and hearings and trials, 
January to March 2000 – July to September 2014  
 
 
 
Number of defences, allocations, hearings and judgments  
In July to September 2014, 45,396 defences were made, 21% less than at 
the same point in the previous year. There has been a general downward 
trend since the annual peak of just under 340,000 in 2007, with the 2013 
figure being just under 228,000. It is estimated that 11.3% of claims issued 
in July to September 2014 will be defended, although this may fall within a 
range of 10.1% and 13.0% (Table 1.5 and Figure 1.2). The vast majority 
(around 90%) of defences are made within two quarters of the claim being 
made. 
If the claim is defended, further information is usually provided by each of 
the parties, after which the case is allocated by a judge to one of three case-
management tracks. Between July and September 2014, a total of 35,757 
allocations were made (Table 1.3).  
 Almost half (17,555) were allocated to the small claim track5, 9% more 
than in the third quarter of 2013. This track is generally for cases with a 
claim value of up to £10,000 which do require less preparation by the 
parties involved than the more complex cases allocated to the fast or 
                                            
5 On 1 April 2013 due to a policy change, the maximum claim value for cases allocated to 
the small claims track increased from £5,000 to £10,000.  
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multi track. The hearings are designed to be accessible to people who do 
not have representation by a solicitor or counsel, and are dealt with in 
about an hour.  
 39% (13,778) were allocated to the fast track, 17% less than the same 
quarter in 2013. This track is generally for cases with a claim value of 
between £10,000 and not more than £25,000, with issues not complex 
enough to merit more than a one day trial.  
 12% (4,424) were allocated to the multi track, 6% less than the third 
quarter of 2013. This track is generally for cases with a claim value 
exceeding £25,000 with more complex issues. They generally last more 
than one day at trial.  
It is estimated that 8.9% of claims issued between July and September 
2014 will be allocated, (with a range between 8.1% and 9.7%). Most 
allocations (around 94%) take place within a year and just over half of these 
take place the quarter after the claim was originally made.  
Defended cases which are not settled or withdrawn generally result in a 
small claim hearing or trial (Table 1.3). In total, there were 11,052 trials and 
small claim hearings in July to September 2014, 2% more than in the same 
quarter in 2013. It is estimated that 3.0% of claims issued between July and 
September 2014 will go to hearing or trial (with a range between 2.7% and 
3.4%).  
In the current quarter, 8,248 small claims hearings took place. On average, 
these occurred 32 weeks after the claim was originally made.  This is the 
longest average time to hearing since data were collected in 2000 - it 
steadily increased over time to a peak of 31 weeks in 2009 and then 
stabilised at 30 weeks between 2010 and 2013.  Fast and multi-track trials 
(of which there were 2,804 in the most recent quarter) occurred on average 
56 weeks after the claim was originally made. The time between issue and 
the claim going to trial rose between 2008 and 2013 but has fallen in 2014 
(Table 1.6). 
In July to September 2014, a total of 224,306 judgements were made, the 
highest quarterly figure since 2009. More generally, the number of 
judgments fell between 2009 and 2012, but has begun to show an increase 
in the last two years.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Figure 1.2: Estimated case progression of civil claims by court action, 
January to March 2009 – July to September 2014 
Defences
Allocations
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Trials
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Percentage of Claims leading to outcomes
 
Dotted lines depict upper and lower limits of the estimates 
 
Enforcement 
There are various methods of enforcing a judgment through the county 
courts. The most common method of enforcing a monetary judgment is the 
warrant of execution against a debtor’s goods. This is where, unless the 
amount owed is paid, items owned by the debtor can be recovered by a 
bailiff acting on behalf of the court and sold.  
In July to September 2014, a total of 63,954 warrants were issued, the 
highest quarterly figure since January to March 2012. The number of 
warrants issued has been steadily falling since 2000, but the latest figure 
could indicate a change in this trend, with July to September 2014 being 
12% higher than the same period in 2013. 
Alternatively, various types of court orders can be obtained:  
 
attachment of earnings orders enable payment through the debtor’s 
employer. 
 
fourth party debt orders enable payment by freezing and then seizing 
money owed by a fourth party to the debtor. 
 
charging orders obtain security for the payment against the debtor’s 
assets. This may be followed by an order for sale which forces the 
sale of these assets.  
 
In July to September 2014, 28,889 enforcement orders were issued. This 
figure has been generally falling since 2008.  
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Civil proceedings in the Magistrates’ Courts 
Magistrates’ courts deal with criminal and some civil cases, and cases are 
dealt with either by justices of the peace, who are unqualified and who are 
paid only expenses, or by District Judges who receive some payment. 
Magistrates can deal with a limited number of civil cases such as arrears of 
income tax, national insurance contributions, council tax or payments of 
child maintenance.  
There were 15,615 completed civil proceedings in the Magistrates Court 
between July and September 2014, down 14% on the same period in 2013 
(Table 1.2). It should be noted that a proceeding can either relate to a single 
case or multiple cases, so the numbers of cases completed is greater than 
the number of completed proceedings.  
 
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2: Judicial Reviews  
This chapter tracks the progress of Judicial Reviews (JRs) lodged between 
1 January 2000 and 30 September 2014.  Judicial Reviews take place in the 
Administrative Court, which is part of the High Court. The data are taken 
from the Administrative Court System (COIN). The data presented here are 
for judicial reviews only, although the Administrative Court does also deal 
with other types of appeals and first stage applications; as such these 
figures are not reflective of the full workload of the Administrative Court.  
As the information has been extracted from a live database, all figures are 
refreshed each quarter and therefore there are minor revisions between the 
information presented here and earlier data6. 
Information for all years is provided in the supporting tables and csv that 
accompany this publication. Please note for later years cases may not have 
progressed to the end of the process, so the progression and timeliness 
figures for these cases should be treated with caution, in particular for 
receipts during the year 2014, where a very large proportion of cases will 
not have been concluded. 
For more information on the Judicial Review process, including how topics 
are allocated to Immigration/Asylum and Other, please see the A Guide to 
Court and Administrative Justice Statistics7.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                            
 
7 The guide can be found at the following location: 
www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319022/guide-to-
court-and-administrative-justice-statistics-june-2014.pdf 
 
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Applications for permission to apply for Judicial Review  
The overall annual trend in judicial review applications received has been 
steadily increasing, with the exception of a dip in 2004. In 2000, there were 
4,238 applications for permission to apply for a Judicial Review (JR). By 
2013, this had risen to an annual intake of 15,595 (over a threefold 
increase) (Table 2.1). 
JR Civil (Immigration and Asylum) cases have been driving this increase, 
from 2,151 in 2000 to 13,130 in 2013. This type of judicial review accounted 
for half of all JRs in 2000 and 84% of all JRs in 2013. Figure 2.1 shows 
these increases over time. 
So far this year (January to September 2014), there have been 3,059 
applications. Although this figure is only for three quarters of the year, it is 
still apparent that it is much lower than seen in previous years. This is due 
to the transfer of the majority of Civil (Immigration and Asylum) cases to the 
Upper Tribunal from November 2013. Therefore the reduction in 
Immigration and Asylum JR cases seen means a subsequent increase will 
be seen in Immigration and Asylum tribunals. 
The trends in JR Civil (other) and JR Criminal cases are less prominent than 
Civil (Immigration and Asylum). JR Criminal cases have reduced by 21% 
over the period to 213 in 2013, while JR Civil (other) cases rose by 22% to 
1,453 in 2013.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Figure 2.1: Annual Judicial Review Applications, by type8 calendar 
year 2000-2013 and 2014 Q1-3 
 
The dotted line represents only three quarters of 2014 but has been included to 
demonstrate the impact of the transfer of the majority of Civil (Immigration and Asylum) 
cases to the Upper Tribunal 
 
Case progression (Table 2.2) 
Once a judicial review has been lodged, it then progresses through the 
process until it is concluded; the time this process will take will be different 
for each case9. 
Please note that the proportion of case mix has changed over time and thus 
any previously observed trends in case progression should be viewed with 
caution (Civil Judicial Reviews for Immigration and Asylum rose from 51% of 
all cases in 2000 to 84% of all cases in 2013 and stands at 46% for Q1-3 
2014). Also, the case progression figures will change as time allows for 
more cases to progress through the system.  
 
Permission stage 
 In 2000, 85% of judicial reviews lodged reached the permission stage 
and 29% were granted permission to proceed. By 2013 the number 
granted permission to proceed had reduced to 9%. This decrease is 
                                            
8 This chart excludes a small number of cases that could not be allocated to a type 
9 For more information see the following guide: 
www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319022/guide-to-
court-and-administrative-justice-statistics-june-2014.pdf 
 
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partly explained by drop in the proportion of cases that had reached the 
permission stage, which fell to 54% in 2013.  
 In 2014 to date, 13% of cases lodged were granted permission to 
proceed, compared with 9% in 2013.  This may be due to an increase in 
the number of cases reaching the permission stage: almost two thirds of 
cases lodged in 2014 to date compared with 54% of all lodged cases in 
2013. 
Oral renewals 
 For those cases that progressed to the oral renewal stage, the trends are 
far more stable. In 2000, 4% of all cases lodged reached an oral renewal 
and were granted permission to proceed. This fell to 2% for 2013 and has 
remained at this level in 2014 to date.    
Final hearing  
 The proportion of cases eligible for a final hearing (granted permission to 
proceed at permission or oral renewal stage) has steadily reduced over 
time, from 33% in 2000 to 10% in 2013. The rate is slightly higher so far 
this year and currently stands at 15%  
 The proportion of all cases lodged that found in favour of the appellant at 
a final hearing has reduced from 12% in 2000 to 1% in 2013. So far this 
year, this proportion has remained the same.  
 
Timeliness (Figure 2.2 and Table 2.3)  
Timeliness figures are based on the date the Judicial Review is lodged to 
the date of various stages of the process. It is not a measure of the time 
the Administrative Court takes to deal with a judicial review as it also 
includes time taken for parties to the JR to provide evidence and any 
adjournments or postponements requested. Caution must be taken when 
interpreting the most recent data but particularly that for Q1-3 2014 as not 
enough time has passed for all cases to reach each stage and those that 
have will be the ones that are shorter in length so the average will be 
lower than the true figure 
 The average time taken from lodging a case to the permission stage has 
remained relatively stable between 2006 and 2013 where the number 
was 117 days.  
 The average time taken between lodging a case and reaching the oral 
renewal stage reached a peak in 2007 at 267 days and has fluctuated 
since then. In 2012, the figure stood at 226 
 The average time taken from lodging a case to the final hearing showed a 
similar pattern, peaking at 425 days in 2006 and fluctuating since then. 
The 2012 figure stood at 357. Please note this is based on cases that 
 
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have reached a final hearing and may change for later periods as cases 
progress through the system.  
 
Figure 2.2: Average time taken for each stage of the Judicial Review 
process, 2000 to 20131 
0
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Time (days)
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1 The average time taken to reach each stage is calculated used only those cases that have reached the stage in 
question. Figures for later years may change in later periods, especially for 2013. 
Please note the timeliness analysis includes cases that were transferred to 
the Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. These cases 
were effectively closed on the COINS database in November 2013.  
 
Totally without merit  
In refusing permission for judicial review, a judge can certify a case to be 
totally without merit (TWM). As part of the Government's reforms to judicial 
review procedure, since 1st July 2013 a case refused permission and 
certified as totally without merit cannot be renewed at an oral hearing.  
From the 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2014, there were 21,867 cases 
lodged. Of these 12,524 (57%) had reached permission or oral renewal 
stage at the time the data were extracted in November 2014. Of those that 
had reached these stages, 3,484 (28%) were found to be totally without 
merit 
 
 
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Annex A: Planned upcoming changes to publications 
This is the first edition of a new statistical bulletin presenting statistics 
relating to civil cases and Judicial Reviews. These statistics were previously 
published within Court Statistics Quarterly Statistics which, after 
consultation, has been split into separate policy focussed publications. 
We would like to take this opportunity to consult with stakeholders about 
how we can improve the new Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly. 
We would particularly welcome your feedback on the following issues: 
 How do you find the structure of the publication? Is it readable and 
have a good enough balance with text and graphs? 
 Is there any particular analysis you would like to see that is not 
included (for example should there be more breakdowns by gender 
or region etc)? 
 Conversely is there anything you think we shouldn’t be publishing?  
 
In addition, we are in the process of reviewing the case progression 
estimates that are used in this publication and would welcome any 
feedback, particularly on their usefulness, and how they are used by 
external customers and stakeholders.  
If you have comments or suggestions please let us know by emailing: 
xxx@xxx.xx.  Please entitle your email ‘Civil 
Justice Statistics Quarterly – consultation feedback’ 
 
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Annex B: List of Accompanying Tables and CSV 
Accompanying this publication are the following tables: 
Civil Courts  
1.1 County court activity, England and Wales, annually 2000 - 2013, quarterly Q1 
2009 - Q3 2014 
1.2 Number of claims issued in the county and magistrates' courts, by type of 
claim, England and Wales, annually 2000 - 2013, quarterly Q1 2009 - Q3 2014 
1.3 Claims defended and allocations to track, England and Wales, annually 2000 - 
2013, quarterly Q1 2009 - Q3 2014 
1.4 Case progression in the county courts, England and Wales, annually 2009 - 
2013, quarterly Q1 2009 - Q3 2014 
1.5 Trials/small claim hearings, England and Wales, annually 2000 - 2013, 
quarterly Q1 2009 - Q3 2014 
 
Judicial Reviews: 
2.1 Number of case applications for permission to apply for Judicial Review by 
topic, 2000-2014(Q3) 
2.2 Case Progression: number of Judicial Review cases that reach permission 
stage, oral renewal stage and final hearing by cases lodged, 2000-2014(Q3) 
2.3 Timeliness (in days) of Judicial Review cases started, by staged reached, 
2000-2014(Q3)  
2.4 Number of Judicial Reviews classed as Totally Without Merit between 1 
October 2012 to 30 September 2014 
 
There are also a number of csv files that support this publication, these 
include;  
 National and court level workload activity data 
 National and court level case progression data 
 National Judicial review data 
 
 
 
 
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Annex C: Explanatory notes 
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as 
National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration 
Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for 
Official Statistics. Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the 
statistics: 
 meet identified user needs; 
 are well explained and readily accessible; 
 are produced according to sound methods, and 
 are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest.  
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics, it is a statutory 
requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed. 
The statistics in this bulletin relate to cases in the county, family, Crown and 
magistrates’ courts in England and Wales. Calendar year statistics are also 
provided.  
Breakdowns of many of the summary figures presented in this bulletin, such 
as split by case type or by HMCTS area, are available in the Comma 
Separated Value (csv) files that accompany this publication.  
 
Revisions 
The statistics in the latest quarter are provisional, and are therefore liable to 
revision to take account of any late amendments to the administrative 
databases from which these statistics are sourced. The standard process 
for revising the published statistics to account for these late amendments is 
as follows: 
An initial revision to the statistics for the latest quarter may be made when 
the next edition of this bulletin is published. Further revisions may be made 
when the figures are reconciled at the end of the year. If revisions are 
needed in the subsequent year, these will be clearly annotated in the tables. 
For more information please see the Guide to Court and Administrative 
Justice Statistics. 
Symbols and conventions 
The following symbols have been used throughout the tables in this bulletin: 
..    
= Not applicable 
-   
= Between zero and two. Low numbers are suppressed to stop  
              individuals being identified  
(r) 
= Revised data 
(p) 
= Provisional data 
 
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Further information 
 
Information on publicly funding legal services is now published by the Legal 
Aid Agency and can be found here:  
www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics 
Earlier editions of this publication can be found at: 
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/series/courts-and-
sentencing-statistics 
 
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