The number of divorce applications made last year increased by 29 per cent, the latest annual report from the Courts Service finds.
However, overall the pandemic led to a significant reduction in the business conducted by the courts system last year.
While some types of dispute were less common, such as repossession cases and employment law cases, other types, including divorce and serious crime cases, showed an increase despite the overall trend for 2020. There were 5,266 divorce applications, with three quarters of the applicants being wives.
The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, which are more easily suited to conducting their business remotely than courts where witness evidence is required, experienced a drop in new cases.
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