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Over NOK 3 billion to the courts and other dispute resolution bodies
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2010-11-16T10:00:00.000Z
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The courts and other dispute resolution bodies - StatRes (discontinued), 2009

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Over NOK 3 billion to the courts and other dispute resolution bodies

The costs of own production in the courts and other dispute resolution bodies were NOK 3.1 billion in 2009; an increase of 6.5 per cent from 2007. Around 47 per cent of the expenditure was related to wages, while 53 per cent was related to the purchase of goods and services.

This is shown in new statistics on the courts and other dispute resolution bodies. The total number of man-years in the courts and other dispute resolution bodies in 2009 was 1 970. The number of man-years that related to ordinary employees in the courts was the same in 2009 as in 2007, while the resource input of persons commissioned for short-term assignments, e.g. advisers, interpreters, associate judges, increased in the said period.

In 2009, almost 38 per cent of all the man-years that form part of this StatRes area were judge and magistrate positions. Sixty-two per cent of the judge and magistrate man-years related to the district courts, while 22 per cent related to the courts of appeal. The judge and magistrate man-years in the land consolidation courts made up almost 12 per cent of the total 740 man-years related to judge and magistrate positions (see the textbox concerning man-years).

The courts and other dispute resolution bodies

This area in StatRes is defined as covering the National Court Administration, ordinary courts, conciliation boards, mediation boards, land consolidation courts, the Finnmark Commission and the Norwegian Criminal Cases Review Commission. This first-time publication includes the entire area in the indicators for input, while the activity and result indicators only cover the ordinary courts and land consolidation courts. For a more detailed description of the terms, see About the statistics .

More cases dealt with in the district courts

According to figures from the National Court Administration, the district courts dealt with (court of first instance) 14 500 disputes1 and 59 000 criminal cases in 2009. The appeal courts (court of second instance) dealt with 1 300 criminal and 1 700 civil appeals against rulings. The Supreme Court settled 137 cases, including 60 civil cases.

Compared to 2006, the district courts dealt with 7 per cent more cases in 2009. During the same period, the district courts dealt with 5 900 more single-judge cases, i.e. criminal cases with only one judicial judge. The district courts dealt with 2 700 fewer criminal cases with an associate judge during the same period. There were 11 per cent more disputes in 2009 than 2006. The courts of appeal and the Supreme Court both dealt with fewer cases in the said period.

Shorter processing time

The trend over the last three years has been for shorter processing times for most types of cases in the ordinary courts. For instance, the processing time for the court of first instance in associate judge cases was reduced from 2.9 months in 2006 to 2.5 months in 2009. The processing time for disputes in the court of first instance fell from 6.6 months to 4.9 months during the same period.

Fewer penal sanctions handed down in court

The courts handed down 20 900 penal sanctions in 2009, of which 64 per cent had a crime as the main offence. The number of registered penal sanctions in the courts was 12 per cent lower in 2009 than 2006. Unlike the figures for cases dealt with in the courts, the figures on penal sanctions only cover penal sanctions that are settled with no further right of appeal in the court system.

Differences in Statistics Norway and the National Court Administration’s figures on man-years

Statistics Norway defines man-years as contracted man-years excluding long-term leave. This is the sum of the contracted working hours converted to full-time equivalents, excluding certified sick leave and parental leave. Man-years is calculated as a percentage of a standard full-time position (37.5 hours per week), based on the hours of work at the reference period, which is a week in November. Differences between the man-year figures from Statistics Norway and the government service’s own figures are related to delimitations and definitions. See About the statistics for a more detailed description.

StatRes - Central government performance

The purpose of StatRes is to show the level of resources that the state uses, what this input provides in terms of activities and services in the various government activities, and what outcomes can be seen from the input. Its aim is to provide the general public and the authorities with more knowledge of state-run activities.

1 Corrected 25 October 2011