Court of Appeal case volumes - for the 12 months ending 31 December 2016
Court of Appeal Case Volumes - for the 12 months ending 31 December 2016 | |||
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New business | Disposals | Total active | |
Civil appeal | 214 | 248 | 142 |
Criminal appeal | 375 | 419 | 256 |
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.