High Court Civil Appeal Volumes - for the 12 Months Ending 31 December 2011

High Court Registry New Business Disposals Total Active
Auckland 119 115 48
Blenheim 4 5 1
Christchurch 11 12 4
Dunedin 6 5 4
Gisborne 0 0 0
Greymouth 0 0 0
Hamilton 13 11 5
Invercargill 5 3 4
Napier 9 6 3
Nelson 5 3 2
New Plymouth 3 3 0
Palmerston North 5 1 4
Rotorua 12 12 5
Timaru 1 1 1
Wanganui 5 5 0
Wellington 60 68 20
Whangarei 4 7 2
National Total 262 257 103

Definitions

New Business

New business includes all appeals filed in High Court.

Disposals (at completion of sentence, delivery of final judgment or earlier outcome)

The sum of appeals disposed, where disposal for a given appeal was counted at the delivery of final judgment, or earlier final outcome.

Total Active Cases

Active appeals are those which are awaiting substantive hearing or awaiting final judgment.