Overall picture on caseload and disposal at all Court levels

District Court

CASELOAD AND CASE DISPOSAL OF THE DISTRICT COURT

CaseloadDisposal*
  200820092010200820092010
-Criminal Jurisdiction
 Criminal Cases1 2501 4491 4041 0631 3051 375
-Civil Jurisdiction^
 Civil6 0225 5154 5703 8674 4683 427
 Tax Claim9 1537 6036 5068 4856 5906 011
 Distress for Rent 5 5406 3204 9335 4976 3225 016
 Employee's Compensation1 5701 5231 6061 0751 1591 324
 Other civil cases +6 2426 3685 6453 5153 9704 534
 Sub-total 28 52727 32923 26022 43922 50920 312
-Family Jurisdiction      
 Matrimonial Causes15 70316 37417 35915 53414 62915 266
 Joint Applications 2 3272 8893 4902 2372 3732 901
 Miscellaneous Proceedings215262270191217169
 Adoption Applications 11991991019898
 Sub-total 18 36419 61621 21818 063(1)17 317(1)18 434(1)
 Total (Civil) 46 89146 94544 47840 50239 82638 746
 Total 48 14148 39445 88241 56541 13140 121
        
-Master Chambers      
 Interlocutory hearings**10 02910 9057 82810 01610 5727 637
-Taxation bills       
 Divorce3 2872 8802 7472 9032 5442 554
 Others854764502466685425
 Sub-total4 1413 6443 2493 369(2)3 229(2)2 979(2)
 Total 14 17014 54911 07713 38513 80110 616
*Case disposal refers to those where defendants have been convicted or acquitted and those where claims have been successfully made or dismissed
^On or before 2009, the definition under civil jurisdiction was based on party disposal, i.e. a case was treated as disposed of once one party in a case had been disposed of. Since 2010, the definition has been refined to the effect that a case is considered as disposed of only when all the parties involved have been disposed of
+Other civil cases include Miscellaneous Proceedings, Stamp Duty (Ordinance) Appeals, Equal Opportunities Actions, Personal Injuries Cases, Occupational Deafness (Compensation) Appeals, Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) Appeals and Estate Agents Appeals
**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 Decree Absolute granted and Adoption orders made
 Note (2) : Case disposal refers to taxation bills processed

WAITING TIME FOR CASES IN THE DISTRICT COURT

  Waiting Time (days)
  Target200820092010
Criminal cases - from first appearance of defendants in District Court to hearing
 100 111116128
Civil cases - from date of listing to hearing 120 8510480
Dissolution of marriage - from setting down to hearing
    
- Special procedure cases
 35 313232
- Defended cases (one day hearing)
 110 143118128
Last Update Date : 04-03-2011