Official Statistics

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Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Claims issued and other originating proceedings-London 4528 3534 3779 4887 4810 4568
Claims issued and other originating proceedings-outside London 2025 3762 5558 2242 2861 2923
Bankruptcy Court proceedings-Bankruptcy petitions 13559 12479 12144 10770 8389 8269
Bankruptcy Court proceedings-Other originating applications 6550 8261 5551 7402 2674 3852
Companies Court proceedings-London 9696 9099 11586 12371 10003 11115
Companies Court proceedings-Outside London 8303 8403 8852 8000 7889 4506
Patents Court appeals received 2 3 5 6 5 5
Total number of cases 44663 45541 47475 45678 36631 35238
Orders made by masters-Drawn up by drafting section 6927 7040 6429 7514 9099 8143
Orders made by masters-Not drawn up 2556 2555 2119 1164 1305 1186
Orders made by masters-Drawn up by solicitors 15 2 0 0 0 0
Transfers Out 261 355 276 243 335 337
Enforcement Issues-possession 15 23 36 26 30 10
Enforcement Issues-writs of fi-fa 35 49 74 61 110 85
Appointments before masters-on notice 5945 6303 4557 3176 4109 3154
Appointments before masters-without notice 1102 1034 960 1028 820 919
Land and property-Contracts of sale and purchase 10 10 127 366 107 75
Land and property-Landlord and Tenant 3 5 28 40 73 35
Land and property-Mortgages and charges 0 0 7 113 33 54
Land and property-Squatters and trespassers 1 2 10 29 1 0
Land and property-Restrictive covenants 1 1 3 11 25 9
Land and property-Orders of Possession of Land - - - - 39 73
Land and property-Other Proceedings 1114 924 413 276 269 66
Business and industry-Partnership 28 82 54 106 45 66
Business and industry-Business fraud claims 0 3 1 33 0 0
Business and industry-Competition - - - - 11 4
Business and industry-Contracts of sale & purchase of shares & business 14 1 42 270 44 65
Business and industry-Other Disputes 301 246 348 214 63 34
Intellectual property-Confidential information 3 21 23 95 45 106
Intellectual property-Passing off and trade marks 50 118 142 171 146 88
Intellectual property-Patents and registered designs4 57 111 111 130 65 183
Intellectual property-Copyright and design right 120 172 286 374 306 290
Contract-Specific Performance - - - - 49 66
Contract-Breach of contract - - - - 456 667
Contract-Debt - - - - 129 203
Contract-Miscellaneous - - - - 49 46
Professional negligence-Claims against solicitors 30 31 80 210 144 125
Professional negligence-Claims against accountants 2 0 0 28 0 0
Professional negligence-Claims against surveyors and estate agents 0 0 1 17 8 0
Professional negligence-Claims against members of other professions 10 31 66 84 78 59
Trusts, wills and probate-Contentious probate actions 73 185 106 152 120 135
Trusts, wills and probate-Disputes relating to Trust property 10 3 13 44 111 86
Trusts, wills and probate-Variation of Trusts 2 0 19 34 43 50
Trusts, wills and probate-Inheritance (provision for dependants) 10 43 80 110 81 82
Trusts, wills and probate-Guardianship of minors' estate 0 8 5 1 2 0
Trusts, wills and probate-Charities 1 0 3 10 4 2
Trusts, wills and probate-Breach of fiduciary duty - - - - 47 102
Trusts, wills and probate-Pension schemes - - - - 8 6
Trusts, wills and probate-Removal of personal representatives - - - - 33 41
Trusts, wills and probate-Other applications concerning wills and trusts 214 237 365 216 107 129
Other-Miscellaneous Payments out of court - - - - 136 0
Other-Application for an Order for Sale (to enforce a charging order) - - - - 172 213
Other-VAT Claims (GLO-Revenue and Customs) - - - - 125 74
Other-Other debts, damages and accounts 1102 343 876 157 71 0
Other-Revenue appeals 0 12 71 276 0 0
Other-Solicitors 10 9 47 0 0 0
Other-Contempt of court - - - - 1 0
Other-Application for payments of monies lodged in court under various enactments - - - - 1292 1187
Other-Arbitration - - - - 9 14
Other-Originating process not otherwise classified 1362 936 452 1320 263 133
Total number of cases 4528 3534 3779 4887 4810 4568
Total cases-Trial list - - - - - 734
Total cases-General list - - - - - 870
Total cases-Interim hearing list - - - - - 2312
Total cases - - - - - 3916
Number disposed after trial or hearing-Trial list - - - - - 183
Number disposed after trial or hearing-General list - - - - - 786
Number disposed after trial or hearing-Interim hearing list - - - - - 2065
Number disposed after trial or hearing-Total - - - - - 3034
Number disposed otherwise-Trial list - - - - - 581
Number disposed otherwise-General list - - - - - 111
Number disposed otherwise-Interim hearing list - - - - - 308
Number disposed otherwise-Total - - - - - 1000
Total-Trial list - - - - - 764
Total-General list - - - - - 897
Total-Interim hearing list - - - - - 2373
Total-Cases disposed of - - - - - 4034
Bankruptcy petitions-By creditors 9846 8730 8610 7210 5597 6227
Bankruptcy petitions-By debtors and legal representatives of deceased debtors 3713 3749 3534 3560 2792 2042
Other Originating applications 6550 8261 5551 7402 2674 3852
Total number of cases 20109 20740 17695 18172 11063 12121
Applications filed-Winding-up petitions 5152 5313 6484 6604 5783 7166
Applications filed-Other petitions, applications and summonses-Originating 4544 3786 5102 5767 4220 3949
Applications filed-Other petitions, applications and summonses-Non-originating 4708 4732 5033 6912 5886 5621
Applications filed-Other petitions, applications and summonses-Claims transferred in 469 510 782 206 138 85
Orders made-On winding-up petitions-Winding-up orders made 2371 2136 2982 3425 2914 3454
Orders made-On winding-up petitions-Dismissed/Withdrawn 2555 2270 3165 3279 2831 3309
Orders made-On other petitions, applications and summonses 11552 10154 13526 15390 14337 13094
Transfers to county courts 1858 1437 2681 2794 2056 2071
Applications before registrar-Listed 13455 12724 16466 18165 16947 17279
Applications before registrar-Unlisted 558 513 555 607 411 454