APPENDIX 1.HOUSE OF LORDS SCOTTISH BUSINESS
1961-2002**
|
| Year | Initiated
| Disposed of
| Affirmed | Reversed
| Withdrawn | Pending
|
|
| 2002 | 7 |
13 | 1
| 3 | 9
| 6 |
| 2001 | 2 |
3 | —
| 3 | —
| 12 |
| 2000 | 14 |
8 | 4
| 1 | 3
| 14 |
| 1999 | 4 |
5 | 4
| — | 1
| 6 |
| 1998 | 5 |
7 | 2
| 5 | —
| 8 |
| 1997 | 6 |
15 | 8
| 3 | 4
| 10 |
| 1996 | 15 |
7 | 4
| 2 | 1
| 19 |
| 1995 | 14 |
10 | 5
| 2 | 3
| 11 |
| 1994 | 8 |
7 | 5
| 1 | 1
| 7 |
| 1993 | 2 |
8 | 2
| 3 | 3
| 6 |
| 1992 | 15 |
11 | 6
| 1 | 4
| 12 |
| 1991 | 8 |
4 | 2
| — | 2
| 8 |
| 1990 | 6 |
3 | 1
| 1 | 1
| 4 |
| 1989 | 10 |
10 | 5
| 5 | -
| 13 |
| 1988 | 14 |
4 | 2
| — | 2
| 10 |
| 1987 | 6 |
12 | 7
| 2 | 3
| 3 |
| 1986 | 10 |
8 | 4
| 1 | 3
| 9 |
| 1985 | 10 |
7 | 1
| 3 | 3
| 7 |
| 1984 | 4 |
6 | —
| 3 | 3
| 3 |
| 1983 | 15 |
11 | 8
| 1 | 2
| 5 |
| 1982 | 5 |
10 | 5
| 2 | 3
| 1 |
| 1981 | 12 |
10 | 6
| 1 | 3
| 6 |
| 1980 | 7 |
4 | —
| — | 4
| |
| 1979 | 5 |
3 | 1
| 1 | 1
| 3 |
| 1978 | 5 |
3 | 2
| 1 | —
| 3 |
| 1977 | 5 |
2 | —
| 1 | 1
| 3 |
| 1976 | 1 |
3 | 1
| — | 2
| — |
| 1975 | 4 |
4 | 3
| 1 | —
| 2 |
| 1974 | 6 |
6 | —
| 2 | 4
| 2 |
| | | by judgment
| | |
| 1973 | —
| 3 | 2
| 1 | 2
|
| 1972 | 3 |
8 | 8
| — | —
|
| 1971 | 9 |
12 | 8
| 4 | 5
|
| 1970 | 13 |
6 | 5
| 1 | 9
|
| 1969 | 7 |
13 | 7
| 3 | 3
| 2 |
| 1968 | 9 |
4 | 1
| 1 | 2
| 8 |
| | | by judgment
| | |
| 1967 | 5 |
13 | 11
| 2 | 3
|
| 1966 | 12 |
6 | 4
| 2 | 11
|
| Totals | 283
| 269 | 97
| 53 | 81
| 239 |
| percentages | |
| 44 | 24
| 32 |
|
Annual
averages | 7.77
| 7.01 | 3.01
| 1.70 | 2.6
| 6.75 |
| verage for five years ended 1965 (ie 1961-65)
|
| 1961-65 | 11
| 10 | 8
| 2 | 7
|
|
** Source: Scottish Civil Judicial Statistics 1966-2002.
Note: between 1966 and 1967, and again between 1970
and 1973, it is not recorded whether appeals disposed of by judgement
were affirmed or reversed. The percentages and annual average
figures therefore exclude these years. A minor mystery is why,
when 283 appeals were initiated and 269 disposed of between 1966
and 2002, there should have been only six pending at the end of
the period.
For additional context see the relative figures of English/Welsh
and Northern Ireland appeals disposed of by the House over the
period 1997-2001.
|
| 1997
| 1998 | 1999
| 2000 | 2001
|
|
| Eng & Wal | 57
| 48 | 68
| 76 | 80
|
| N Ireland | 3
| 4 | 3
| 1 | 1
|
|
(Source: Annual Judicial Statistics, Lord Chancellor's Department)
2. APPEALS ENTERED WITH THE PRIVY COUNCIL 2000-02*
|
| 2000
| 2001 | 2002
|
|
| Commonwealth appeals | 58
| 68 | 58
|
| Appeals under Medical Act 1983 | 17
| 30 | 39
|
| Appeals under Dentist Act 1984 | 1
| 1 | 1
|
Appeals under Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
| 1 | 1
| 2 |
| Appeals under the Scotland Act 1998 | 13 (1)±
| 2 (5)± | 3 (2)±
|
|
| ± | The main figure shows the number of appeals entered in the year in question. Not all appeals are disposed of in the same year. Figure in brackets indicate the number of appeals allowed in that year.
|
| * | Source: Privy Council website (http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/Page34.asp).
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