STATISTICS OF PROCEEDINGS During the reporting year, the Chancellor of Justice opened 2003 cases, which is 1.5% less than in 2009. As at 1 February 2010, 1868 proceedings had been completed, in 44 cases follow-up proceedings were pending and 91 cases were still being investigated. In 480 cases, substantive proceedings were conducted, and in 1523 cases no proceedings were initiated for various reasons. 75 cases were opened based on the Chancellor’s own initiative, and 42 inspection visits were conducted. If in the previous years the number of cases opened decreased on account of substantive proceedings while the number of cases where no proceedings were initiated increased, in 2010 the number of cases where substantive proceedings were initiated somewhat increased and the number of cases where no substantive proceedings were initiated decreased. In comparison to 2009, the proportion of own-initiative proceedings has slightly decreased and this has also led to a decrease in the number of inspection visits. Table 1. Distribution of cases by content 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 551 34.6% 474 27.2% 480 24.7% 449 22.1% 480 24% 207 13% 150 8.6% 151 7.8% 124 6.1% 168 8.4% incl. ombudsman proceedings 258 16.2% 252 14.5% 258 13.3% 231 11.4% 214 10.7% incl. special proceedings 86 5.4% 72 4.1% 71 3.7% 94 4.6% 98 4.9% 1043 65.4 % 1266 72.8% 1464 75.3% 1584 77.9% 1523 76% 1594 1740 1944 2033 2003 35 2.2 % 70 4% 66 3.5% 82 4% 75 3.7% 8 28 33 49 42 Cases accepted for proceedings incl. review proceedings Non-substantive proceedings of cases Total cases incl. own-initiative proceedings incl. inspection visits 2. Outcomes of cases opened The outcome of cases demonstrates what kind of solutions or measures the Chancellor reached as a result of his proceedings. The number of cases opened does not exactly correspond to the number of outcomes, as only completed cases can have an outcome, while the distribution of cases by content includes all cases opened during the reporting year. 2.1. Review of constitutionality and legality of legislation of general application To review the constitutionality and legality of legislation of general application, 168 cases were opened, i.e. 8.4% of the total number of cases and 35% of the total number of substantive proceedings of cases. Of these, 150 were opened on the basis of petitions and 18 on own initiative. 74 Within constitutional review proceedings the following were scrutinised: • conformity of Acts with the Constitution (103 proceedings, of these 91 based on petitions by individuals and 12 on own initiative); • conformity of Government regulations with the Constitution and Acts (8 proceedings, of these 7 based on petitions by individuals and 1 on own initiative);