Over 8,400 traffic cases in 5 months

JEDDAH – The primary courts in the Kingdom received 8,443 traffic lawsuits in just five months. These lawsuits are 5% of the 155,681 total cases in primary courts in the whole Kingdom. According to official statistics from the Ministry of Justice, the number of traffic lawsuits increased 7% this year compared to last year, a report in Al-Eqtisadiah Arabic daily said. Courts in Jeddah received the highest number — 1,086 — of traffic cases. Riyadh came second with 1,028 traffic lawsuits. Makkah came third and Madinah fourth. Finally, Khamis Mushayt and Tabuk both come in last. According to the statistics, the lawsuits related to financial claims come in first between all 93,767 other general lawsuits. While lawsuits related to title and what falls under it reached 25,853 lawsuits. And real estate lawsuits come in third place with 12,408 cases. The appeals court in Riyadh considered 140,784 cases last year. It also explained that the appellate court in Riyadh received 42,899 civil matters, 24,713 domestic relations cases, and 73,172 criminal cases. “The criminal cases at the court are of two types: 58,969 summery matters and 14,203 criminal cases. The first one will be looked at by three judges under the judicial department and the second one will be looked at by five judges According to juridical indexes, the total number of the decisions issued by the court last year stood at 30,771. They included 13,054 relating  to legal matters, 4,984 decisions related to personal affairs cases, and 12,733 decisions related to criminal cases.