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PI Brief Update

MoJ Quarterly Civil Justice Statics Published - Philip Matthews, Temple Garden Chambers

18/09/24. The Ministry of Justice (‘MoJ’) has published its latest quarterly civil justice statics for April – June 2024.

These include a number of interesting points for personal injury practitioners: -

  • Despite a slight dip in the overall number of county court claims being lodged during this quarter, there has been an increase in personal injury cases (up 18% compared to the same quarter in 2023). On this point, the statisticians wrote: “Personal injury claims showed general decreases between Q4 2020 and Q1 2022 but have remained relatively stable since Q4 2022. The decreasing trend is likely to have been due to a combination of factors including the introduction of whiplash reforms (with some cases being processed via the online portal rather than going to court)”.
  • The ‘intermediate track’ was introduced in October 2023 for (most) claims valued between £25,000 - £100,000. However, as of June 2024, only 135 claims had been allocated to it.
  • As to timeframes, during this quarter it took an average of 50.6 weeks between a small claim being issued and the claim going to trial (two weeks less than the same period in 2023 and five weeks less than the all-time high in the second half of 2023). For multi/fast track claims, it took an average of 79.3 weeks to reach a trial (1.2 weeks longer than in April to June 2023, but 6.4 weeks less than the all-time high from the last quarter of 2023).

See more: Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly: April to June 2024

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