National statistics

Judicial Statistics 2021

Consolidated data on throughput in all court tiers in Northern Ireland for the period January to December 2021 and comparison with the same period in the previous year.

Applies to Northern Ireland

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Judicial Statistics 2021

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This publication is a National Statistics publication and is produced in accordance with the pillars and principles set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics. It presents the following statistics for the Northern Ireland Court and Tribunals Service for the calendar year 2021: The number of Children Order applications received and disposed at Family Proceedings Courts, Family Care Centres and the High Court, together with waiting times from lodgment to disposal; County Court business received and disposed, waiting times and sitting days in County Courts; Court of Appeal business received and disposed, waiting times and sitting days in Court of Appeal; The number of cases and defendants received and disposed, waiting times, pleas and findings and sittings at the Crown Court; Business received and disposed, waiting times and sitting days in the Chancery, Queen’s Bench and Family Divisions of the High Court; The number of youth and adult defendants received and disposed, charges and outcomes, sittings, civil applications received and disposed and waiting times at Magistrates’ Courts; A summary of some other miscellaneous business areas such as Enforcement of Judgments Office, Coroners and Pension Appeal Tribunals; A breakdown of the Judge Court sitting days split by the majority type of business heard.

This publication can be found in the NICTS Judicial statistics section in the NI Courts and Tribunals service statistics section of the Department of Justice website.

Published 24 June 2022