The following may delay and/or reduce a refund: A tax return that has errors A taxpayer and/or spouse, if filing a joint return, who has any outstanding unpaid assessments,
Overall, for all areas of the law, federal civil trials have declined 60 percent since the mid-1980s. In 2002, less than 2 percent of those cases ended in a trial â down from 12 percent in 1962 and 20 percent in the 1920s. Less than 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial; most result in plea bargains.
Those cases that do go ahead are said to be 'effective'. More about how courts work... Case length in your local area. You can find out about the average time a case took - from the offence to the outcome - in courts within your local area between April and June 2015. Cases are broken down into three stages: 1  offence committed, up until defendant charged (formally accused by the police) or written summons received. 2  defendant charged or written summons received, up until first hearing. 3  first hearing, up until case outcome.