The Courts And Other Dispute Resolution Bodies - StatRes
The area of the courts and other dispute resolution bodies in StatRes is organisationally defined as covering the National Court Administration, the ordinary courts, conciliation boards, mediation boards, land consolidation boards, the Finnmark Commission and the Norwegian Criminal Cases Review Commission.
According to Proposition 1 S (2011-2012 s.17), the main challenges for courts and dispute resolution are [ensuring that the population has good access to the courts and speedy settlement. Accessible, effective courts with high quality decisions is crucial to the individual's legal protection. Effective use of resources in the courts and focus on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation boards are important.
The set of indicators for the courts and other dispute resolution bodies in StatRes contains statistics issued by the National Court Administration and Statistics Norway. The statistics on costs and contracted man-years are have specially developed by Statistics Norway for publishing in StatRes (see About the statistics for more details).
Input
Own production in the courts and other dispute resolution bodies
The illustration below presents the indicators for resource input in NOK, and shows the costs of own production and the breakdown of wages and the purchase of goods and services.
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| Own production (NOK million) | 2 652 | 2 927 | 2 908 | 3 117 | 3 342 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compensation of employees (NOK million) | 1 274 | 1 315 | 1 367 | 1 476 | 1 561 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Use of goods and services (NOK million) | 1 378 | 1 612 | 1 541 | 1 641 | 1 781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Input measured in contracted man-years
Contracted man-years excluding long-term leave is calculated by Statistics Norway as the sum of the number of full-time jobs and part-time jobs converted to full-time equivalents, excluding man-years lost due to certified sick leave and parental leave. More details are available in About the statistics.
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| Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves, total | 1 875 | 1 934 | 1 967 | 1 975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves, judges | 708 | 743 | 739 | 751 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves, other positions | 1 167 | 1 190 | 1 228 | 1 224 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Activities and services
Some indicators are presented below for activities and services for the ordinary courts and the land consolidation courts. The ordinary courts are broken down into court of first instance (the district courts and Oslo Office of the City Recorder), second instance (the appeal courts) and the Supreme Court. The selected indicators show the number of cases that have been processed.
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| Court of first instance, disputes (civil cases) | 13 020 | 12 981 | 15 007 | 14 479 | 16 031 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Court of first instance, single-judge cases (crime cases) | 38 279 | 40 761 | 42 159 | 44 160 | 46 178 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Court of first instance, composite court (crime cases) | 17 690 | 17 033 | 15 854 | 14 954 | 15 243 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Court of second instance, appeals against rulings (civil cases) | 1 930 | 1 850 | 1 951 | 1 746 | 1 710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Court of second instance, limited appeal professional judges (crime cases) | 549 | 576 | 506 | 426 | 426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Court of second instance, limited appeal in composite court (crime cases) | 198 | 192 | 182 | 191 | 210 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Court of second instance, full appeal in composite court (crime cases) | 358 | 366 | 313 | 376 | 408 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Court of second instance, full appeal jury case (crime cases) | 333 | 317 | 304 | 292 | 314 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supreme Court (crime cases) | 89 | 85 | 88 | 60 | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supreme Court (civil cases) | 79 | 97 | 85 | 77 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Land Consolidation Court (civil cases) | 949 | 1 043 | 1 175 | 1 094 | 1 183 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Land Appeal Court (civil cases) | 38 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outcomes
Some indicators are presented below of the outcomes in the ordinary courts and the land consolidation courts. The ordinary courts are broken down into court of first instance (the district courts and Oslo Office of the City Recorder), second instance (the appeal courts) and the Supreme Court. The case processing time is given in months.
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| Processing time court of first instance, disputes (civil cases) (month) | 6,6 | 6,1 | 5,2 | 4,9 | 5,0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time court of first instance, single-judge cases (crime cases) | 0,6 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0,5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time court of first instance, composite court (crime cases) | 2,9 | 2,7 | 2,6 | 2,5 | 2,7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time court of second instance, appeals against rulings (civil cases) | 8,6 | 8,0 | 6,8 | 6,0 | 5,9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time court of second instance, limited appeal professional judges (crime cases) | 4,6 | 3,9 | 4,0 | 4,3 | 4,8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time court of second instance, limited appeal in composite court (crime cases) | 3,7 | 3,3 | 3,7 | 3,8 | 4,3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time court of second instance, full appeal in composite court (crime cases) | 5,6 | 5,3 | 5,2 | 5,5 | 6,4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time court of second instance, full appeal jury case (crime cases) | 6,2 | 4,9 | 5,2 | 5,2 | 5,6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time Supreme Court (crime cases) | 2,8 | 2,9 | .. | 2,8 | 2,6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time Supreme Court (civil cases) | 6,2 | 5,9 | .. | 5,5 | 4,8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Processing time Land Consolidation Court (civil cases) | 27,6 | 26,4 | 25,2 | 21,6 | 20,4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indicators are presented below of the outcomes that show the number of penal sanctions handed down in the courts, broken down into category of offence and offence group.
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| Sanktions given in court | 23 848 | 23 408 | 22 247 | 20 897 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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