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Highlights of Events in 2010
List of Judges and Judicial Officers
Caseload, Disposal and Court Waiting Time at Different Level of Courts
Membership List of the Civil Justice Reform Monitoring Committee
Membership List of the Working Party on Mediation
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 2009-10
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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    
 
Court of Final Appeal
 

 CASELOAD AND CASE DISPOSAL OF THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL

  Caseload Disposal*
  2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010
Applications for leave to appeal from the High Court            
Criminal 76 76 101 74
(45)		 75
(41)		 89
(55)
Civil 82 60 47 66
(40)		 86
(42)		 41
(30)
Total 158 136 148 140 161 130
Substantive appeals from
the High Court
            
Criminal 12 11 14 8 10 13
Civil 30 22 17 36 26 13
Total 42 33 31 44 36 26
Miscellaneous proceedings 2 2 2 2 1 3
* Case disposal refers to applications for leave to appeal/appeals which have been allowed, dismissed, withdrawn, abandoned or discontinued
  The figures in brackets indicate the number of applications dismissed under Rule 7 of the Court of Final Appeal Rules, Cap. 484A
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 WAITING TIME FOR CASES IN THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL

  Waiting Time (days)
  Target 2008 2009 2010
Applications for leave to appeal from the High Court        
From notice of hearing to hearing        
Criminal 45 40 37 42
Civil 35 35 32 33
Substantive appeals from
the High Court		        
From notice of hearing to hearing        
Criminal 100 89 78 101
Civil 120 95 105 97

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