The claim is false as a general statement. The Ministry of Justice’s 2011 Judicial and Court Statistics said county court civil (non-family) claims had followed a downward trend since 2006, and that 1,553,983 such cases were started in 2011, 4% fewer than in 2010. A parliamentary evidence submission on the same period likewise found the data did not show a significant or consistent rise in litigiousness. Some subcategories moved differently, but the overall public evidence points to declining, not increasing, civil litigation. Sources: Ministry of Justice, *Judicial and Court Statistics 2011* (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/217494/judicial-court-stats-2011.pdf); House of Commons Justice Committee evidence on legal aid/access to justice (https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmjust/681/681vw.pdf).