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State Courts Caseload Figures, 2011 to 2022

Data from Jan 2011 to Jan 2022Updated 4 months ago

STATECOURTS (Judiciary, State Courts)

Notes: (1) Data is accurate as at 31 December 2022. (2) Family and Juvenile cases are excluded from the State Courts caseload figures with effect from 2014. (3) Probate cases are excluded from the State Courts caseload figures with effect from 2015. (4) Applications for Protection Order / Non-Publication Order commenced on 15 Nov 2014. (5) Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals Claims commenced filing on 1 Oct 2015. (6) Employment Claims Tribunals Claims commenced filing on 1 Apr 2017.
(7) Small Claims Tribunals came under Community Justice and Tribunals Division in 2015. The Tribunals were part of the Civil Justice Division before 2015. (8) All Magistrate’s Complaints were counted under the Criminal Justice Division in 2011 to 2017. With effect from 2 January 2018, only Magistrate’s Complaints that are non-relational (e.g. copyright nature) are counted under the Criminal Justice Division while all other Magistrate’s Complaints are counted under the Community Justice and Tribunals Division (9) Criminal charges include DAC, MAC, PSS, PS & other charges. (10) Summons exclude O.25/37. (11) Beyond Parental Control and Child Protection Orders refers to the number of juveniles.

Data explorer

StateCourtsCaseloadFigures2011to2022.csv (245 rows, 21.3 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Justice division
Text
Category
Text
Subcategory
Text
Count
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
201113.5%
201213.5%
201313.5%
20186.9%
(Null)0.0%
CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISION37.6%
CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION24.5%
FAMILY and JUVENILE JUSTICE DIVISION23.3%
COMMUNITY JUSTICE and TRIBUNALS DIVISION14.7%
(Null)0.0%
Other24.5%
Interlocutory Application14.7%
Criminal and Departmental/Statutory Board14.7%
Originating Process11.4%
(Null)0.0%
Magistrate�s Complaint6.9%
Summons4.9%
Taxation4.9%
Criminal Charge4.9%
(Null)0.0%
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONOtherAssessment of Damages2594
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONOriginating ProcessOriginating Summons485
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONOriginating ProcessProbate3864
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONSmall Claims TribunalsSmall Claims Tribunals Claim13370
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONInterlocutory ApplicationSummary Judgment (O.14)489
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONInterlocutory ApplicationSummons10573
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONInterlocutory ApplicationSummons for Directions (O.25/37)5880
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONOtherTaxation164
2011CIVIL JUSTICE DIVISIONOriginating ProcessWrits of Summons (DC & MC)35789
2011CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISIONOtherCoroner�s Court Case3978

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
Justice divisionjustice_divisionText--
CategorycategoryText--
SubcategorysubcategoryText--
CountcountNumeric--

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
datasetId = "d_afea2ada431ec25fbddc2e1981d2c8c2"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + datasetId 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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STATECOURTS (Judiciary, State Courts)

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