Adjudicated lawsuits increase by 27% during first third of 2018

AMMAN — Secretary General of the Judicial Council Judge Ali Masri on Monday said that the number of adjudicated lawsuits has increased by 27 per cent during the first third of 2018 while the postponed lawsuits decreased by 12 per cent compared to the same period last year, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Masri added that the number of lawsuits brought before the courts during the first third of 2018 rose by 15 per cent compared with the same period last year, while the number of postponed lawsuits in all courts has reached 113,000 since 2017.