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   
  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.