Report Summary
This report provides members of the Legal Committee with an overview of Legal Services Claim Handling - Quarterly Statistical Information Report - Trends and Analysis in litigation.
Meeting
The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below
Legal Committee - 1 August 2023
Date : 01 August 2023
Location : online
Further Detail on the Report Topic
This report represents the latest in a series laid before the Committee. Those on the Committee have advised that they would ultimately wish to see any trends on the types of cases being raised against Police Scotland, and eventually settled, to determine if further training or investigation is needed to reduce the number of
said claims.
The tables outline the number of claims settled by Police Scotland during the period April - June 2023 (Q1) under the general headings of Employers’ liability, Public liability and motor vehicle claims.
In Quarter 1 of the financial year 22-23, of the 104 claims settled by Police Scotland; 84 claims were motor related, 7 were employer liability matters and 13 related to public liability.
The following tables are intended to represent the different types of claim settled by Police Scotland, the total settlement figures under said headings and an average settlement figure. The Committee asked at its meeting in March 2021 that a table be added to the report to show the settlement figures as a percentage of the settlement figures within the current financial year. That figure is now provided within the tables
