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List of Judges and Judicial Officers
Caseload, Disposal and Court Waiting Time at Different Level of Courts
Membership List of the Steering Committee on Civil Justice Reform
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Expenditure and Revenue of the Judiciary in 2006-07
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Overall picture on caseload and disposal at all Court levels

Court of Final Appeal High Court
District Court Magistrates' Courts
Lands Tribunal Labour Tribunal
Small Claims Tribunal Obscene Articles Tribunal
Coroner's Court    
 
High Court
CASELOAD AND CASE DISPOSAL OF THE HIGH COURT
 
Caseload Disposal *
  2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007
Court of Appeal
Appellate
Criminal
  Appeals from the Court of First Instance 144 129 119 137 99 126
  Appeals from the District Court 393 391 357 354 312 375
  Sub-total 537 520 476 491 411 501
Civil
  Appeals from the Court of First Instance 330 349 306 282 298 288
  Appeals from the District Court 40 43 53 49 36 37
  Miscellaneous Appeals 44 51 62 46 43 38
  Sub-total 414 443 421 377 377 363
Review of Sentences
Criminal
  Reviews from the Court of First Instance 1 3 0 0 1 1
  Reviews from the District Court 3 7 7 0 6 5
  Reviews from the Magistrates' Courts 0 3 5 0 2 2
  Sub-total 4 13 12 0 9 8
  Total 955 976 909 868 797 872
* Case disposal refers to appeals/reviews which have been allowed, dismissed, withdrawn, discontinued or abandoned with or without court order
 
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Caseload Disposal *
  2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007
Court of First Instance
Appellate
Criminal
  Appeals from Magistrates' Courts 1 254 1 238 1 234 1 134 1 180 1 185
Civil
  Appeals from Labour Tribunal 94 57 51 104 53 42
  Appeals from Small Claims Tribunals 109 60 81 65 34 50
  Appeals from Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board 5 11 12 6 13 5
  Miscellaneous Appeals 17 5 9 9 14 5
  Sub-total 225 133 153 184 114 102
  Total 1 479 1 371 1 387 1 318 1 294 1 287
               
First Instance
Criminal Jurisdiction
  Criminal Cases 326 263 312 365 320 311
  Confidential Miscellaneous Proceedings 51 59 56 51 59 56
  Application for Discharge 0 1 0 0 1 0
  Sub-total 377 323 368 416 380 367
Civil Jurisdiction
  High Court Actions 2 635 2 877 2 678 1 995 1 868 1 768
  Miscellaneous Proceedings 2 826 2 740 2 596 1 934 1 703 1 631
  Bankruptcy & Companies Winding-up+ 12 431 13 245 13 620 11 124 11 285 11 821
  Personal Injuries Actions 1 172 1 142 1 094 951 972 935
  Other cases # 626 599 516 308 278 238
  Sub-total 19 690 20 603 20 504 16 312 16 106 16 393
  Total 20 067 20 926 20 872 16 728 16 486 16 760
   
Masters Chambers
  Interlocutory hearings** 26 653 28 381 30 429 25 082 26 755 28 575
  Taxation bills 1 031 1 039 1 036 977(1) 984(1) 976(1)
Probate
  Applications 13 547 15 298 13 483 12 684 (2) 15 320 (2) 13 541 (2)
* Case disposal refers to appeals which have been allowed, dismissed, withdrawn, discontinued or abandoned with or without court order; criminal cases where defendants have been convicted or acquitted; and civil cases where claims have been successfully made or dismissed
+ Cases include bankruptcy proceedings, companies winding-up proceedings, applications for Interim Order (Bankruptcy) and applications to set aside Statutory Demands
# Other cases include constitutional and administrative law proceedings, admiralty actions, adoptions, bill of sale registrations, book debt registrations, commercial actions, construction and arbitration cases, matrimonial causes, probate actions and stop notices
** The caseload figure represents the number of interlocutory applications listed with hearings, and the disposal figure represents the number of the interlocutory applications heard in the reporting period
  Note (1) : Case disposal refers to taxation bills processed
  Note (2) : Case disposal refers to grants issued/grants resealed/estates administration completed by the Official Administrator in summary manner
 
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WAITING TIME FOR CASES IN THE HIGH COURT
 
    Waiting Times (days)
    Target 2005 2006 2007
Court of Appeal        
Criminal cases - from setting down of a case to hearing 50 37 46 50
Civil cases - from application to fix date to hearing 90 93 100 87
Court of First Instance        
Criminal Fixture - from filing of indictment to hearing 120 193 119 109
Criminal Running List - from setting down to hearing 90 69 66 57
Civil Fixture - from application to fix date to hearing 180 233 124 114
Civil Running List - from setting down to hearing 90 54 64 61
Appeals from Magistrates' Courts - from lodging of Notice of Appeal to hearing 90 71 87 91
 
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