Court of Appeal Case Volumes - for the 12 months ending 31 December 2013

New business Disposals* Total active*
Civil appeals 295 297 237
Criminal appeals 508 521 304

Note:

The data source used to report on the workload of the Court of Appeal has changed. Previously, data was sourced from manual workload returns. Data is now sourced from the Ministry's electronic Appeal Management System (AMS).

Definitions

New business

New business includes all appeals filed in the Court of Appeal.

Disposals

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

Total active cases

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