Caseload, Case Disposal and Waiting Time at Different Court Levels

District Court

CASELOAD AND CASE DISPOSAL OF THE DISTRICT COURT

CaseloadDisposal*
  201220132014201220132014
-Criminal Jurisdiction
 Criminal Cases1 2071 1901 0791 2721 2141 033
-Civil Jurisdiction
 Civil4 5175 1545 0903 5913 7794 088
 Tax Claim4 1433 0352 6403 6922 9902 359
 Distress for Rent 3 8573 9133 7453 9454 0243 720
 Employee's Compensation2 2892 3392 7441 9182 1682 415
 Other civil cases +6 0416 1956 4204 9695 1565 401
 Sub-total 20 84720 63620 63918 11518 11717 983
-Family Jurisdiction      
 Matrimonial Causes19 16418 65117 21917 27218 32315 913
 Joint Applications 4 0914 3094 7613 8533 9484 106
 Miscellaneous Proceedings298319337270315328
 Adoption Applications 121113991229498
 Sub-total 23 67423 39222 41621 517(1)22 680(1)20 445(1)
 Total (Civil) 44 52144 02843 05539 63240 79738 428
 Total 45 72845 21844 13440 90442 01139 461
        
-Masters Chambers      
 Interlocutory hearings**7 5307 4627 9116 4325 8797 162
-Taxation bills       
 Divorce1 9941 8441 5031 8981 7221 443
 Others426418395331254207
 Sub-total2 4202 2621 8982 229(2)1 976(2)1 650(2)
 Total 9 9509 7249 8098 6617 8558 812
*Case disposal refers to those where defendants have been convicted or acquitted and those where claims have been successfully made or dismissed
+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

AVERAGE WAITING TIME FOR CASES IN THE DISTRICT COURT

  Average Waiting Time (days)
  2014
Target		2012
(Actual)		2013
(Actual)		2014
(Actual)
Criminal - from first appearance of defendants in District Court to hearing
 100 626063
Civil - from date of listing to hearing △ - 9691-
Civil Fixture List - from date of listing to hearing △ 120 --99
Civil Running List - from not-to-be-warned date to hearing △ 30 --10
Dissolution of marriage - from setting down of a case to hearing
    
- Special Procedure List
 35 333332
- Defended List (one day hearing) #
- 98108-
-Defended List (all hearings) #
110 --97
- Financial applications - from filing of summons to hearing ^
- 8386-
-Financial applications - from setting down of a case to hearing ^
110-140 --84
△Upon endorsement by the Court Users’ Committees, separate targets are set for Civil Fixture List and Civil Running List for the District Court with effect from 1 January 2014. The target for Civil Fixture List remains to be measuring “from date of listing to hearing”. It is set at 120 days effective from 1 January 2014. The target for Civil Running List measures “from not-to-be-warned date to hearing”. It is set at 30 days effective from 1 January 2014.
#Upon endorsement by the Court Users’ Committees, all Defended List hearings (instead of just one-day hearing) in the Family Court are covered under the target effective from 1 January 2014. The target remains unchanged.
^Upon endorsement by the Court Users’ Committees, the target for financial applications in the Family Court is re-worded as “from setting down of a case to hearing” effective from 1 January 2014. The target remains unchanged.
Last Update Date : 25-02-2015