Caseload, Case Disposal and Waiting Time at Different Court Levels

District Court

CASELOAD AND CASE DISPOSAL OF THE DISTRICT COURT

CaseloadDisposal*
  201320142015201320142015
-Criminal Jurisdiction
 Criminal Cases1 1901 0791 1181 2141 0331 009
-Civil Jurisdiction
 Civil5 1545 0905 9503 7794 0884 122
 Tax Claim3 0352 6401 5852 9902 3591 413
 Distress for Rent 3 9133 7453 6584 0243 7203 645
 Employee's Compensation2 3392 7442 7992 1682 4152 586
 Other civil cases +6 1956 4206 3545 1565 4015 549
 Sub-total 20 63620 63920 34618 11717 98317 315
-Family Jurisdiction      
 Matrimonial Causes18 65117 21916 65218 32315 91315 544
 Joint Applications 4 3094 7614 8153 9484 1064 531
 Miscellaneous Proceedings319337284315328284
 Adoption Applications 1139983949876
 Sub-total 23 39222 41621 83422 680(1)20 445(1)20 435(1)
 Total (Civil) 44 02843 05542 18040 79738 42837 750
 Total 45 21844 13443 29842 01139 46138 759
        
-Masters Chambers      
 Interlocutory hearings**7 4627 9117 6185 8797 1626 084
-Taxation bills       
 Divorce1 8441 5031 4071 7221 443978
 Others418395392254207165
 Sub-total2 2621 8981 7991 976(2)1 650(2)1 143(2)
 Total 9 7249 8099 4177 8558 8127 227
*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)
  2015
Target		2013
(Actual)		2014
(Actual)		2015
(Actual)
Criminal - from first appearance of defendants in District Court to hearing
 100 606379
Civil - from date of listing to hearing △ - 91--
Civil Fixture List - from date of listing to hearing △ 120 -99101
Civil Running List - from not-to-be-warned date to hearing △ 30 -1012
Dissolution of marriage - from setting down of a case to hearing
    
- Special Procedure List
 35 333234
- Defended List (one day hearing) #
- 108--
-Defended List (all hearings) #
110 -9793
- Financial applications - from filing of summons to hearing ^
- 86--
-Financial applications - from setting down of a case to hearing ^
110-140 -8491
△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 : 24-02-2016