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Why so few cases in the Inner House? – Part 1

Why so few cases in the Inner House? – Part 1

Published 16th June 2026

by Kenneth G C Reid, Emeritus Professor of Scots Law, University of Edinburgh

How much business is there in the Inner House of the Court of Session? This can be looked at in more than one way. The official Civil Justice Statistics tend to measure activity by the number of cases initiated or disposed of. This blog, being interested in court decisions as a source of law, has looked at a different measure: the number of decisions thought to be of sufficient significance to be uploaded as numbered judgments to the website of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.[1] Judged by this measure, there has been a steep decline in Inner House business over the last 10 years. In calendar year 2016, 97 numbered judgments were issued by the Inner House. The corresponding figure for 2025 was 32. The Civil Justice Statistics show a similar if less vertiginous pattern of decline.[2]

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