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Large increase in number of civil disputes
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2001-09-24T10:00:00.000Z
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Disputes dealt with by the conciliation boards (discontinued), 2000

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Large increase in number of civil disputes

The conciliation boards dealt with a total of more than 166 000 disputes in 2000. This is an increase of 17 per cent from the previous year, and in fact the largest increase since 1988.

Disputes dealt with by the conciliation boards. 1980-2000

The top year 1988, when the conciliation boards dealt with 323 000 disputes, was followed by a decline through several years. In 1994, less than 96 000 cases of civil disputes were dealt with.

During the period 1995- 2000, the increase in number of disputes was 64 per cent, and in 2000 the conciliation boards dealt with half as many cases as in 1988.

Large increase in Sør-Trøndelag

Although the increase was 17 per cent as a total, in 2000, the increase was even larger in many of the counties. The highest percentage rise had Sør-Trøndelag with 47, followed by Hedmark and Aust-Agder with respectively 30 and 28 per cent increase in number of disputes. Oslo and Hordaland had a modest increase, 1 and 6 per cent, respectively, and the rest of the counties had a variation of rise between 10 and 23 per cent.

Disputes dealt with by the conciliation boards per 1 000 inhabitants. County. 2000

The conciliation boards in Oslo dealt with one of eight civil disputes. Connected to the population statistics, this gives a number of 41 cases per 1 000 inhabitants. Finnmark had 54, followed by Troms and Nordland with 47. The average, counting the whole country, was 37 cases per 1 000 inhabitants.

Many judgments by default

More than 25 000 civil disputes were dismissed in the year 2000. This is more than one of six, or 15 per cent of all civil disputes throughout the country. The parts were reconciled in close to 6000 of all the disputes dealt with.

When the part charged does not reply or appear at the mediation, the conciliation boards have power to make a judgment by default. This happened in 69 per cent, or 115 000 cases in 2000. In 95 per cent of the judgments by default, a reply was not given.

In addition to this, the conciliation boards made other judgments in further 16 000 cases in 2000. The complaint was accepted in 12 000 of these cases, but in more than 4 000 disputes attempt at mediation were in vain.

Fewer disputes goes to court

Despite the large increase in the number of civil disputes, only 2 per cent, or less than 4 000 disputes were referred to the court.

Disputes dealt with by the conciliation boards, by decision. County. 20001
  Total Dismissed Reconciled Referred to the court Judgment by default Other judgment
  Not replied Not appeared Statement accepted Mediation in vain
1995 2101 507 15 753 3 555 5 308 60 134 4 005 6 593 3 069
1996 108 705 17 098 4 014 4 641 67 401 3 939 7 897 3 805
1997 118 208 20 149 4 246 4 165 73 550 4 008 8 288 3 802
1998 132 052 21 329 4 613 3 956 83 990 4 354 9 694 4 116
1999 142 367 20 969 4 991 4 487 92 391 4 522 10 977 4 030
                 
2000                
Total 166 379 25 349 5 656 3 803 110 279 4 902 12 022 4 368
østfold 9 782 1 339 336 156 6 626 282 769 274
Akershus 16 056 2 970 612 463 10 058 472 1 104 377
Oslo 20 974 4 294 819 1 033 11 928 966 1 331 603
Hedmark 8 206 1 110 180 101 5 942 173 569 131
Oppland 7 157 1 009 118 95 5 072 115 618 130
Buskerud 9 781 1 167 429 248 6 550 232 844 311
Vestfold 8 224 1 199 348 198 5 360 189 748 182
Telemark 5 701 740 220 86 3 838 262 421 134
Aust-Agder 3 431 462 115 39 2 356 93 215 151
Vest-Agder 5 123 691 210 114 3 411 195 269 233
Rogaland 10 279 1 728 622 158 6 611 331 446 383
Hordaland 13 229 1 966 369 218 8 966 314 1 084 312
Sogn og Fjordane 3 031 475 65 37 2 142 71 177 64
Møre og Romsdal 7 928 1 143 253 198 5 170 291 674 199
Sør-Trøndelag 10 008 1 571 287 149 6 858 275 612 256
Nord-Trøndelag 5 055 553 134 56 3 644 121 446 101
Nordland 11 247 1 561 256 192 7 763 243 910 322
Troms 7 158 925 199 203 5 074 188 458 111
Finnmark 4 009 446 84 59 2 910 89 327 94
1  Data not available from 3 conciliation boards; data from 1999 is used.
2  Includes 3 090 cases with no certain decision.