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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
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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

 CaseloadDisposal*
 200820092010200820092010
Applications for leave to appeal from the High Court      
Criminal767610174
(45) 		75
(41) 		89
(55)
Civil82604766
(40) 		86
(42) 		41
(30)
Total158136148140161130
Substantive appeals from
the High Court
      
Criminal12111481013
Civil302217362613
Total423331443626
Miscellaneous proceedings 222213
*Case disposal refers to applications for leave to appeal/appeals which have been allowed, dismissed, withdrawn, abandoned or discontinued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)
 Target200820092010
Applications for leave to appeal from the High Court    
From notice of hearing to hearing    
Criminal 45 403742
Civil 35 353233
Substantive appeals from
the High Court		    
From notice of hearing to hearing    
Criminal 100 8978101
Civil 120 9510597

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