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Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly: October to December 2024

Published 6 March 2025

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1. Main Points
Increase in County Court claims, driven mostly by money claims Compared to the same period in 2023, County Court claims from October to December 2024 were up 9% to 439,000. Of these, 362,000 (83%) were money claims (up 8%). Annually, total claims have remained relatively stable in 2024 compared to the previous year (up 1%).
Damages claims were up 29% to 28,000 The increase in damages claims was driven by rises in both personal injury claims (up 25% to 16,000) and other damages claims (up 36% to 12,000) compared to the same quarter in 2023. Annually, damages claims have increased slightly in 2024 compared to the previous year (up 2%), with both personal injury and other damages claims contributing to this rise.
The number of claims defended, and the number of trials increased compared to the same period in 2023 There were 69,000 claims defended (up 3%) and 12,000 claims that went to trial in October to December 2024 (up 7%) compared to the same quarter in 2023. When compared to the 2023 calendar year, defences have remained relatively stable through 2024 (up 1%), whereas total claims gone to trial have fallen over this period (down 9%).
Mean time taken from claim to hearing has fallen for small claims and multi/intermediate/fast track claims The mean time taken for small claims to go to trial was 50.0 weeks in October to December 2024, 5.7 weeks faster than the same period in 2023. The mean time taken for multi/intermediate/fast track claims to go to trial was 7.7 weeks faster, to 78.0 weeks, over the same period. Annually, time to trial for both small claims and multi/intermediate/fast track claims have fallen over 2024 compared to the previous year (down 3.4 weeks and 0.8 weeks respectively).
Judgments were up 9% and default judgments were up 10% Judgments were up 9% (to 277,000) in October to December 2024, compared to the same period in 2023; with 93% of these being default judgments. Compared to 2023 calendar year, judgments have risen (up 3%) in 2024.
Enforcement applications rose to 14,000 and orders also rose to 10,000 Enforcement applications were up 5%, while enforcement orders were up 8% in October to December 2024 when compared to the same quarter in 2023. Annually both applications and orders for enforcements rose in 2024 compared to the previous year (up 9% and 8% respectively).
Warrants issued decreased to 64,000 Warrants issued were down 21% when compared to the same quarter in 2023 and have also fallen over 2024 (down 20%) compared to the previous year.
700 judicial review applications There were 700 applications for Judicial Reviews in Q4 2024, up 4% on Q4 2023. Of the 120 cases in 2024 Q4 that have so far reached the permission stage, 13 (11%) were found to be ‘totally without merit’.
There were seven applications for interim privacy injunction proceedings in the final half of 2024 There were three proceedings on whether to continue or amend an interim injunction, and two proceedings on whether to issue a final permanent injunction.

This publication gives civil county court and judicial review statistics for the latest quarter (October to December 2024), compared to the same quarter in 2023. As this is the final quarter of 2024, the bulletin also includes annual trends compared to the previous year. Should users wish to compare against earlier time periods, they can do so using the accompanying statistical tables. This quarter’s publication also includes data on Privacy Injunctions considered during the second half of 2024. For more details, please see the supporting document.

Statistics on the Business and Property Court for England and Wales have also been published alongside this quarterly bulletin as Official Statistics. For technical detail, please refer to the accompanying support document.

A visualisation tool that provides further breakdowns of the civil county court cases in a web-based application can be found here. For general feedback on the tool and related content of this publication, please contact us at: CAJS@justice.gov.uk

2. Statistician’s comment

Annually, county court claims have continued to increase in 2024, steadily rising over the last four years. The increase in 2024 is mainly driven by Mortgage possession claims, whilst money and damages claims also rose over this period. The number of Personal injury claims rose by 2% compared to 2023, having fallen every calendar year since 2018.

This quarter, claims received, claims defended, claims allocated to track, and claims gone to trial all increased compared to the same quarter in 2023. Claims allocated to track have recovered following the closure of the County Court Money Claims Centre in Salford in Q2 2023, and the rise in claims gone to trial was likely due to this recovery.

The average time between issue and trial for small track claims continued to decrease this quarter, falling by 5.7 weeks compared to the same quarter in 2023. This is the fastest average time between claim issue and trial since Q2 2021. The average time taken for fast/intermediate/multi track claims to reach trial also decreased, by 7.7 weeks, over the same period, although this has remained relatively stable over the latest 3 quarters.

3. Claims Summary

County court claims have been steadily increasing in the last 4 years. There were 1,731,000 claims in the 2024 calendar year, up 1%, from 1,715,000, in the previous year.

Quarter on quarter claims were up 9% on the same quarter of 2023, driven mostly by money claims.

Non-money claim volumes were at 49,000, up 6% when compared to the same quarter in 2023.

Figure 1: Quarterly County Court claims by type, Q4 (October to December) 2019 to Q4 (October to December) 2024 (Source: table 1.2)

In the most recent quarter, total claims were up 9% compared to the same period in 2023 (from 403,000 to 439,000). Of these, 390,000 were money and damages claims, up 9% from October to December 2023 (from 357,000). Money and damages claims made up 89% of all claims in October to December 2024, stable on its share in October to December 2023.

Claims issued have remained relatively stable in the last few years, following volatility during the pandemic.

Non-money claims generally decreased between 2015 and Q1 2020. Following a sharp drop in Q2 2020 due to Covid19, these volumes have continued to rise gradually since Q3 2020. In the current quarter, these claims were up 6% (from 46,000 to 49,000) compared to the same period in 2023, driven by increases in Mortgage and Landlord Possession claims.

Within non-money claims, ‘other’ non-money claims have shown a general decline since 2018. However, since Q2 2022, these have remained relatively stable, at 16,000 in Q4 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. The previous decreases were likely to be partly the result of whiplash reforms reducing the volume of road traffic accident claims going to court.

The overall trend in Mortgage and Landlord Possession claims decreased from a peak of 60,000 in January to March 2014 to 29,000 in January to March 2020. Following the impact of Covid-19, when it fell to 3,200, the lowest recorded, these have increased gradually to 30,000 claims in October to December 2024, up 8% compared to the same quarter of 2023 (28,000 claims). Further details can be found in the Mortgage and Landlord Possessions publication here.

Claims for return of goods increased steadily to a high of 3,500 in July-September 2018 but have since declined. Following a further decline due to the impact of Covid-19 to 700 in Q2 2020, there has been recovery in these figures and volumes have remained relatively stable since Q1 2022, around pre-covid levels. This quarter, volumes are up 15% (from 2,100 to 2,400) compared to the same period in 2023.

4. Money and Damages Claims[footnote 1]

There were 1.5 million money and damages claims in the calendar year of 2024, stable when compared to the previous year.

There was an increase in damages claims in 2024 of 2% (to 99,000) compared to 2023 (from 97,000). Personal injury claims and other damages claims rose by 2% and 3% respectively.

Money claims were up 8% (to 362,000 claims) in October to December 2024 compared to the same quarter in 2023.

Damages claims were up 29% at 28,000 driven by increases in both personal injury claims (up 25%) and other damages claims (up 36%) to 16,000 and 12,000 respectively compared to the same quarter in 2023.

Figure 2: Money claims by monetary value, Q4 (October to December) 2019 to Q4 (October to December) 2024 (Source: civil workload CSV[footnote 2])

Almost all (over 99%) money claims are processed and issued at the Civil National Business Centre (CNBC)[footnote 3]. There were 361,000 such claims at the CNBC in October to December 2024 (up 8% on the same quarter in 2023).

The increase in the volume of money claims is mostly driven by claims valued under £500 and claims valued over £5,000. These were up 12% and 14% to 171,000 and 35,000 claims respectively in the period October to December 2024 compared to the same quarter in 2023.

Other than in Q2 2020, damages claims – made up of personal injury and other damages claims - have fluctuated between 21,000 and 38,000 claims each quarter over the last five years (since October to December 2019). In the current quarter, volumes were up 29% to 28,000 compared to the same period in 2023. This was driven by increases in both personal injury claims, up 25% from 13,000 to 16,000, and other damages claims, up 36% from 8,700 to 12,000. Other damages claims volumes can be prone to volatility. The rise in other damages claims in the most recent quarter is likely due to an increase in claims proceeding under the Road Traffic Accident Small Claims protocol. Other damages claims accounted for 43% of all damages claims in the most recent quarter, up 2pp compared to October to December 2023, when they accounted for 41% of all damages claims.

Personal injury claims[footnote 4] showed general decreases between Q4 2020 and Q1 2022 but have remained relatively stable since Q4 2022. The decreasing trend is likely to have been due to a combination of factors including the introduction of whiplash reforms (with some cases being processed via the online portal rather than going to court).

4.1 Allocations (table 1.3)

In October to December 2024, 34,000 money and damages claims were allocated to track, up 12% (from 31,000) compared to the same period in 2023. Allocations to track, which dropped to 24,000 in Q2 2023, have recovered following the closure of the County Court Money Claims Centre in Salford in May 2023 and the transfer of work to the Civil National Business Centre. Compared to October to December 2023, of these allocations:

  • 24,000 were allocated to small claims, up 11% on October to December 2023. This accounts for 69% of all allocations (unchanged compared to the same quarter of 2023);
  • 8,500 were allocated to fast track, up 12% on October to December 2023. This accounts for 25% of all allocations (unchanged compared to the same quarter of 2023);
  • 440 were allocated to the newly introduced intermediate track. This accounts for 1% of all allocations, although these are expected to increase as the new track is embedded;
  • 1,900 were allocated to multi-track, up 2% on October to December 2023. This accounts for 5% of all allocations (compared to 6% of all allocations in the same quarter of 2023);

In October 2023, the extension of Fixed Recoverable Costs saw the introduction of a new Intermediate track which sits between the Fast and Multi track. The Intermediate track will be the normal track for claims valued between £25,000 and £100,000, with some exemptions[footnote 5]. The track applies to both money and damages claims and introduces fixed recoverable costs to claims in this track which would previously have been allocated to the multi-track. This data has been added to the publication from Q3 2024 as volumes increased enough to make reporting non-disclosive.

Claims defended increased from 261,000 to 263,000 (up 1%) in 2024 compared to the previous calendar year, while the number of trials decreased by 9% in 2024 (from 53,000 to 48,000) on the 2023 calendar year.

The number of claims defended was up 3% to 69,000 compared to the same quarter in 2023.

The number of trials was up 7% to 12,000 compared to the same quarter in 2023.

Average time taken for small claims was 50.0 weeks (5.7 weeks faster compared to the same quarter in 2023) and for multi, intermediate and fast track claims it was 78.0 weeks (7.7 weeks faster than October to December 2023).

Of those claims defended in October to December 2024, 45% had legal representation for both claimant and defendant, 37% had representation for claimant only, and 4% for defendant only. Most (88%) damages claim defences had legal representation for both the defendant and claimant, compared with 32% of money claim defences.

Figure 3: Proportion of legal representation for each type of defence, October to December 2024 (Source: table 1.6)

The total number of claims defended was up 3% in October to December 2024 compared to the same quarter in 2023, from 67,000 to 69,000 cases. Money claim defences were up 9% from 43,000 to 46,000 compared to October to December 2023. On the contrary, a decrease was seen in defended damages claims (down 10% from 18,000 to 17,000).

5.1 Trials and Time Taken to Reach Trial (table 1.5)

Defended cases which are not settled or withdrawn, generally result in a trial. In total, there were 12,000 trials in October to December 2024, up 7% compared to the same period in 2023. This rise is likely due to the recovery in claims allocated to track in previous quarters. Of the claims that went to trial, 9,000 (77%) were small claims trials (up 10% compared to the same quarter in 2023) and 2,600 (23%) were fast, intermediate and multi-track trials (down 1% from the same quarter of 2023).

Timeliness data for the intermediate track has been included with the Fast and Multi track trials data from Q3 2024. It will be reviewed whether to include the Intermediate track data separately in a later publication when the number of quarterly hearings for this track rise high enough to allow meaningful timeliness figures to be produced.

Figure 4: Average number of weeks from claim being issued to initial hearing date, Q4 (October to December) 2019 to Q4 (October to December) 2024 (Source: table 1.5)

In October to December 2024, it took an average of 50.0 weeks between a small claim being issued and the claim going to trial, 5.7 weeks less than the same period in 2023. Timeliness for Small Claims remains a challenge with this metric measuring only those cases concluding at trial (rather than through settlement following mediation for example). There is regional variation within this metric with longer waiting times experienced in London and the South East.

Mediation is being fully integrated as a key step in the court process for small civil claims valued up to £10,000. This, when successful, results in outcomes which are not used within the timeliness calculations.

For multi/intermediate/fast track claims, it took on average 78.0 weeks to reach a trial, 7.7 weeks less than in October to December 2023, although continuing to exceed the upper limit of the range seen in 2009-2019 (which was 52 to 61 weeks).

Covid-19 and associated actions have led to an uptick in time taken for all claims to reach trial. Prior to this, a sustained period of increasing receipts had increased the time taken to hear civil cases and caused delays to case progression.

Proposed change to timeliness

As part of our continual development of these statistics, we intend to standardise the backseries which the timeliness figures are based on from the Q1 2025 publication (due in June 2025) to include data based on the latest 6 full years. This is to help streamline the processing of cases stored in the backseries for this dataset and allow us to ensure these statistics can be produced efficiently. To ensure consistency and comparability in the timeseries as far as possible, we will also revise timeliness from 2022 to reflect this methodology.

Analysis of the quarters between Q1 2022 and Q3 2024 has shown that the effect on the timeliness figures published will be minimal, with data for small claims reducing by a range of 0 to 0.1 weeks per quarter and data for fast/multi track claims reducing by a range of 0 to 1.3 weeks per quarter. The change to the backseries has nominal effect on the overall trends of the timeliness data, as shown in figures 5 and 6.

Figure 5: Proposed change to timeliness (number of weeks from claim being issued to initial hearing date) by small claims, Q3 (July to September) 2021 to Q3 (July to September) 2024

Figure 6: Proposed change to timeliness (number of weeks from claim being issued to initial hearing date) by fast/multi track claims, Q3 (July to September) 2021 to Q3 (July to September) 2024

This change will also be implemented in the case progression and Sankey CSVs backseries which means data exceeding 6 years on the system will no longer be revised.

If you have any suggestions or comments regarding this change, please contact CAJS@justice.gov.uk by 18th April 2025.

6. Judgments

In the 2024 calendar year there were 1,090,000 judgments compared to 1,059,000 in 2023 (up 3%). 93% of judgments in 2024 were default judgments (1,011,000).

Judgments were up 9% compared to the same quarter in 2023.

Figure 7: All claims, judgments and default judgments, Q4 (October to December) 2019 to Q4 (October to December) 2024 (Source: tables 1.2 and 1.4)

There were 277,000 judgments made in October to December 2024, up 9% compared to the same quarter of 2023. Of these, 93% were default judgments, stable compared to its share in October to December 2023. These have remained relatively stable since 2018, with around 9 out of every 10 judgments resulting in a default judgment.

The second largest type of judgment was ‘admissions’[footnote 6], of which there were 11,000 in October to December 2024, up 5% on the same quarter in 2023 (from 10,000). ‘Admission’ judgments accounted for 4% of all judgments.

7. Warrants and Enforcements

Warrants issued were down 20% on the 2023 calendar year (from 342,000 to 273,000). Warrants of control made up 78% of these in 2024 (212,000, down 26% on 2023).

Enforcement applications were up 9% (from 51,000 to 55,000) and enforcement orders were up 8% (from 37,000 to 40,000) when compared to 2023.

When compared to the same quarter in 2023, warrants issued were down 21%.

Enforcement applications were up 5% and enforcement orders were up 8% when compared to October to December 2023.

Figure 8: Warrants and enforcements issued – Q4 (October to December) 2019 to Q4 (October to December) 2024 (Source: tables 1.7 and 1.8)

7.1 Warrants (table 1.7)

In the latest quarter (October to December 2024) there were 64,000 warrants issued, down 21% (from 81,000) on the same quarter in 2023. Warrants of control accounted for 77% of total warrants, and were down 28%, from 68,000 to 49,000, compared to the same period in 2023. These volumes are largely driven by bulk user behaviour and as such can fluctuate significantly.

There were 15,000 possession warrants issued in October to December 2024, up 14% (from 13,000) on the same quarter in 2023. These have continued a general upwards trend since Q3 2020, following a sharp drop in Q2 2020 due to the impact of Covid-19.

7.2 Enforcements (table 1.8)

In October to December 2024, there were 14,000 enforcement-related order applications (which include attachment of earnings orders, charging orders, third party debt orders, administration orders, and orders to obtain information), up 5% compared to the same quarter of 2023. Third party debt and charging order applications increased, up 7% and 11% respectively. Attachment of earnings (AoE) applications were stable and administration orders applications, which have always had low volumes, decreased to its lowest volume (4), down 75%.

There were 10,000 enforcement-related orders made in October to December 2024, up 8% compared to the same quarter of 2023. Charging orders rose, up 17% (from 5,100 to 5,900), mostly driving the overall rise in volumes. This was offset in part by a fall in AoE orders, which were down 9% (from 2,500 to 2,300).

Over the longer term, there has been a decreasing trend in enforcement-related applications received and orders made since 2009, possibly due to claimants’ preference for using warrants instead to retrieve money, property or goods.

8. Judicial reviews[footnote 7]

Judicial review applications increased to 3,000 in 2024, up 17% on the 2023 calendar year. Of the applications received in 2024, 49% of these have been closed. 10% of cases that reached the permission stage were found to be ‘Totally Without Merit’ (115 cases).

On a quarterly basis, there were 700 judicial review applications received in Q4 2024, up 4% on Q4 2023 (670).

Figure 9: Judicial Review Applications, by type; Q4 2019 to Q4 2024 (Source: JR CSV)

Annual JR receipts – January to December 2024:

Of the 3,000 applications received in 2024, 1,000 were civil immigration and asylum applications, 1,800 were civil (other), and 140 were criminal, up 21%, 14% and 19% respectively on 2023. Of the civil immigration and asylum cases, 17 have since been transferred to the UTIAC.

Of the applications that were made from January to December 2024, 1,500 (49%) are now closed. Of the total applications, 1,100 reached the permission stage in 2024, and of these:

  • 10% (120) were found to be totally without merit (TWM).
  • 310 cases were granted permission or granted permission in part to proceed at first stage and 660 were refused at the permission stage. However, 27 of the cases refused at permission stage went on to be granted permission at the renewal stage.
  • 340 cases have been assessed to be eligible for a final hearing and of these, 76 have since been heard.
  • of the 76 cases that reached a final hearing, 18 were found in favour of the claimant and 21 in favour of the defendant.
  • the mean time from a case being lodged to the permission decision was 86 days, and the mean time from a case being lodged to final hearing decision was 167 days.

Quarterly JR Receipts – October to December 2024:

Of the 700 applications received in Q4 2024, 260 were civil immigration and asylum applications, 410 were civil (other), and 29 were criminal, up 10%, 4% and down 24% respectively on Q4 2023. 3 of the civil immigration and asylum cases have since been transferred to the UTIAC.

Of the applications that were made in Q4 2024, 20% are now closed. Of the total applications, 120 reached the permission stage in Q4 2024, and of these:

  • 11% (13) were found to be totally without merit.
  • 37 cases have already been granted permission or granted permission in part to proceed and 48 were refused at the permission stage. None of the cases refused at permission stage have so far gone on to be granted permission at the renewal stage.
  • 37 cases were assessed to be eligible for a final hearing and of these, 5 have since been heard.
  • the mean time from a case being lodged to the permission decision was 40 days. Although timeliness for cases being lodged to final hearing are included in the tables, this is based on too few cases to be meaningful. The actual time taken for these cases will only be known when they have had time to work their way through the system.

8.1 Applications lodged against departments (table 2.5)

Table 2.5 presents judicial review figures by defendant type (i.e. individual government department or public body). This table provides the number of judicial review applications lodged, permission granted to proceed to final hearing, and decisions found in favour of the claimant at final hearing.

The information presented is derived from the ‘defendant name’ – a free text field completed by the claimant, which is matched and grouped by department. All efforts have been made to quality assure the data presented. However, this is a manually typed field, and as such is open to inputting errors and should be used with caution.

The key findings for Q4 2024 are:

  • Home Office had the largest number of JR applications lodged against them, with 250 applications. Of these, 8 have so far been granted permission or granted permission in part to proceed to final hearing (3% of applications) to date.
  • The second largest recipient of JR cases was the Local Authorities, with 190 cases received, of which to date 21 have so far been granted permission or granted permission in part to proceed to final hearing (11% of applications).
  • The third largest recipient was the Ministry of Justice, having 110 applications lodged against it. Of these, 4 have so far been granted permission or granted permission in part to proceed to final hearing (4% of applications) to date.

A more granular view of the JR data by department and case type can be found in the data visualisation tool found here. Feedback is welcome on this tool to ensure it meets user needs.

9. Privacy Injunctions[footnote 8]

In the final six months of 2024, there were seven proceedings where the High Court considered an application for a new interim privacy injunction.

Three proceedings were considered at the High Court on whether to continue or amend an interim injunction and two proceedings were considered on whether to issue a final permanent injunction.

There were no proceedings considered on whether to continue or amend an undertaking, and no proceedings considered a final undertaking[footnote 9].

Figure 10: Number of privacy injunction proceedings, by type of proceeding, from Jul-Dec 2014 to Jul-Dec 2024 (Source: tables 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3)

9.1 New interim privacy injunctions (Table 3.1)

Four of the seven proceedings at the High Court that took place in July to December 2024 were granted. One application was withdrawn and the remaining two were refused. In the final six months of the previous year (July to December 2023) seven new interim privacy injunction proceedings took place, and five of these were granted. In one of these cases an undertaking was given. The remaining two were refused.

9.2 Continuation of existing interim injunctions (Table 3.2)

The continuation of two existing interim injunction proceedings that took place in July to December 2024 were granted/varied and one was discharged. There were no applications for existing interim injunction proceedings between July to December 2023.

9.3 Final privacy injunctions (Table 3.3)

There were two final privacy injunctions dealt with in July to December 2024, and no final undertakings dealt with in the same period. There was one final privacy injunction and no final undertakings dealt with in the same period from the previous year (July to December 2023).

10. Further information

10.1 Provisional data and revisions

The statistics in the latest quarter are provisional and revisions may be made when the next edition of this bulletin is published. If revisions are needed in subsequent quarters, these will be annotated in the tables.

10.2 Accompanying files

As well as this bulletin, the following products are published as part of this release:

  • A supporting document providing further information on how the data is collected and processed, as well as information on the revisions policy and legislation relevant to civil justice.
  • The quality statement published with this guide sets out our policies for producing quality statistical outputs for the information we provide to maintain our users’ understanding and trust.
  • A set of overview tables (also available in accessible format) and CSV files, covering each section of this bulletin. These can be found here.
  • A set of tables providing statistics on the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, also available in accessible format.
  • A Judicial Review data visualisation tool (to provide a more granular view of the JR data by department and case type). This can be found here.
  • A Sankey tool which shows case progression of civil cases in the county courts is here.
  • A Civil data visualisation tool to provide a more granular and interactive view of cases through the civil claims system. This can be found here.

10.3 Rounding convention

Figures greater than 10,000 are rounded to the nearest 1,000, those between 1,000 and 10,000 are rounded to the nearest 100 and those between 100 to 1,000 are rounded to the nearest 10. Less than 100 are given as the actual number.

10.4 National Statistics status

National Statistics status are accredited official statistics that meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and public value.

Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. These accredited official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in January 2019. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled ‘accredited official statistics’.

It is the Ministry of Justice’s responsibility to maintain compliance with the standards expected for National Statistics. If we become concerned about whether these statistics are still meeting the appropriate standards, we will discuss any concerns with the Authority promptly. National Statistics status can be removed at any point when the highest standards are not maintained, and reinstated when standards are restored.

10.5 Future publications

Our statisticians regularly review the content of publications. Development of new and improved statistical outputs is usually dependent on reallocating existing resources. As part of our continual review and prioritisation, we welcome user feedback on existing outputs including content, breadth, frequency and methodology. Please send any comments you have on this publication including suggestions for further developments or reductions in content.

10.6 Contacts

Press enquiries should be directed to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) press office:

Sarah Cottrill - email: sarah.cottrill@justice.gov.uk

Other enquiries about these statistics should be directed to the Courts and People division of the Ministry of Justice:

Matteo Chiesa - email: cajs@justice.gov.uk

Next update: 5 June 2025

  1. From 16th November 2023 to 17th July 2024, a small proportion (approximately 14%) of data relating to stages from allocation to track to final hearing may be missing, incomplete or not correctly represented for money claims and damages claims. This is due to some of these cases progressing on the damages and online money claims systems, rather than the legacy caseman system. On 17th July 2024 a manual work around was implemented which has resolved the issue. ↩

  2. Following the alignment of the fees for online and paper civil money and possession claims in May 2021, figure 2 shows all data with the updated claim brackets for comparison, a further breakdown of these brackets is available within the CSV. The CSV shows updated claim brackets from 2021. ↩

  3. This includes claims for the Civil National Business Centre (CNBC), Courts and Tribunals Service Centre Salford, and County Court Online. ↩

  4. Since the launch of the Damages Claims service in May 2021 cases submitted to the damages claims portal have been incorrectly assigned as personal injury case type, even in cases which should have been classified as other damages claims. HMCTS Digital and Technology teams are working to resolve this within the current data as soon as possible. This error cannot be retrospectively corrected. This means data within this period is not comparable to previous periods, and so caution should be used when looking at historic trends. ↩

  5. PART 28 - THE FAST TRACK AND THE INTERMEDIATE TRACK - Civil Procedure Rules (justice.gov.uk) ↩

  6. Judgment by admission is where the defendant admits the truth of the claim made. ↩

  7. The judicial review data are Official Statistics ↩

  8. The privacy injunction data are Official Statistics ↩

  9. An undertaking is different from an injunction, in that it is a promise given by the defendants, rather than an injunction which is an order of the court ↩

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