High Court Executive Summary Workload - for the 12 months ending 30 June 2013

Notes: 

The reporting for the June 2013 annual statistics does not include claims of historic abuse occurring within state institutions (a total of 323 cases). The significant majority of these cases are concluded by confidential settlement carried out with little input by the Court.  They are excluded because they do not follow the normal process for progression through the Court.  For this reason new business, disposal, and active case data for general proceedings in the June 2013 annual statistics cannot be compared to previously published annual statistics.

Definitions

New Business

HC Criminal Jury Trial

New business includes cases committed for trial, cases where a retrial has been directed, severed cases and the difference between cases transferred into and out of the court.  It excludes cases reactivated in the court due to the execution or withdrawal of a warrant to arrest.

HC General Proceedings, Judicial Review, Originating Applications, Civil Appeals

New business includes all cases filed and previously disposed cases that have been reactivated by the filing of a new application. 

HC Insolvency

New business includes all new bankruptcy cases (creditors' petitions) and company liquidation cases filed, and previously disposed cases that have been reactivated by the filing of a new application. 

HC Criminal Appeals

New business includes all appeals filed in the District Court (criminal appeals are filed in the District Court then transferred to the High Court).

Disposals

HC Criminal Jury Trial

The sum of cases disposed, where disposal for a given case was counted at the completion of sentencing, or earlier final outcome.  Disposals include cases disposed at sentencing or other final outcome for all jury trial charges, or when all active jury trial charges are joined into another case. Disposals are recorded in the following categories: Not Proceeded with on Indictment, Discharged Section 347, Other Outcome, Found Not Guilty, Convicted and Discharged, Convicted and Sentenced, and Joined.  Cases that resulted in a hung jury or mistrial are not included in disposals, as these are not final outcomes. 

HC General Proceedings, Judicial Review, Originating Applications, Civil Appeals

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

HC Insolvency

The sum of bankruptcy cases (where a creditor's petition has been filed) and company liquidation cases disposed, where disposal for a given case was counted at the delivery of final judgment or earlier final outcome. 

HC Criminal Appeals

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

Total Active Cases

HC Criminal Jury Trial

Active cases are those that are awaiting jury trial or awaiting sentencing or other final outcome.

HC General Proceedings, Judicial Review, Originating Applications, Civil Appeals

The sum of cases that are awaiting defended hearing or awaiting final judgment.

HC Insolvency

The sum of bankruptcy cases (where a creditor's petition has been filed) and company liquidation cases that are awaiting hearing or awaiting final judgment.

HC Criminal Appeals

The sum of appeals that are awaiting defended hearing or awaiting final judgment in the High Court, plus appeals that have been filed in the District Court but not yet received in the High Court.

Notes:
Substantive hearing' refers to jury trial or defended hearing for the criminal jurisdiction and substantive hearing for the civil jurisdiction.