FOI Ref: FOI/2022/4664
You asked
I would like to conduct research on court cases statistics in England in the last 5 years.
Data dictionary
Case filing: Jun 2021, Mar 2022
Case Reference: Sinha v Luckham (2021), Sinha v Sinha (2022), etc
Case type: Equity proceeding, Breach of contract, Debt, Medical negligence, Personal injury, Wrongful arrest etc
Case outcome type: Summary Judgement, Trial, etc
Case outcome (judgement): In favour of Defendant, In favour of Claimant
Case Outcome Date: yyyy-mm-dd, Null/blank if still going
Case Hearing: Open court, Close court
Claimant(s): ABC Ltd
Defendant(s): K Sinha
Claimant representation: In-Person, legal representation, other
Defendant representation: In-Person, legal representation, other
Court Type: County court, Magistrate court, High court, Supreme court
Court (location): e.g. Reading Slough, Oxford, etc
I need to visualise the trend for the last 5 years, the increase in LiP, and how the judgement was seen, trend during Covid, etc
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Unfortunately we do not hold the data you have requested. We publish statistics from two main sources; the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and Home Office police recorded crime. We do not generally publish statistics on court cases or outcomes.
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) are primarily responsible for data involving the courts and may be able to assist you further. They can be contacted directly at the following email address: ESD@justice.gov.uk.
If you have any other crime-related queries, please email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.