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Highlights of Events in 2007
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
Membership List of the Working Party on Mediation
Membership List of the Working Party on Solicitors' Rights of Audience
Membership List of the Court Users' Committees
Membership List of the Judicial Studies Board
Judiciary Administration
Training Activities Organised / Co-ordinated by the Judicial Studies Board
Number of Visits and Vistors to the Judiciary
Expenditure and Revenue of the Judiciary in 2006-07
Complaints against Judges and Judicial Officers
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Overall picture on caseload and disposal at all Court levels

Court of Final Appeal High Court
District Court Magistrates' Courts
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Coroner's Court    
 
Magistrates' Courts
CASELOAD AND CASE DISPOSAL OF THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS
 
    Caseload Disposal *
    2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007
Charge Cases 50 536 46 639 45 149 51 192 45 750 45 305
Hawker Cases 12 161 11 820 11 065 12 176 11 819 11 069
Departmental & Private Summonses 153 892 149 731 158 009 155 349 152 264 156 588
Driving-Offence Points Summonses 3 258 4 114 4 460 3 123 3 660 4 379
Fixed Penalty Summonses (Traffic) 855 1 004 1 103 880 906 1 134
Fixed Penalty Summonses (Public Cleanliness Offences) 499 532 426 518 501 455
Miscellaneous Proceedings 13 187 12 787 13 531 13 970 12 881 13 736
Departmental Notice 2 038 1 675 1 766 2 105 1 822 1 767
Fixed Penalty Notice (Traffic) 59 358 66 669 75 915 59 103 66 062 82 101
Fixed Penalty Notice (Public Cleanliness Offences) 3 103 3 286 2 790 3 003 3 346 2 840
  Total 298 887 298 257 314 214 301 419 299 011 319 374
* Case disposal refers to cases where defendants have been convicted or acquitted after trial or hearing, pre-hearing payments of all penalties and costs, and applications which have been granted, refused, withdrawn or struck out
 
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WAITING TIME FOR CASES IN THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS
 
    Waiting Times (days)
    Target 2005 2006 2007
Summonses - from plea to date of trial
50 94 95 95
Charge Cases - from plea to date of trial
        
Cases involving defendants in custody
 30-45 44 42 47
Cases involving defendants on bail
 45-60 68 66 64
 
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