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

Appeals
High Court New Business Disposals * Total active*
Auckland 123 133 64
Blenheim 2 4 1
Christchurch 23 14 14
Dunedin 9 8 8
Gisborne 2 3 1
Greymouth 1 1 0
Hamilton 13 16 6
Invercargill 9 12 2
Masterton 0 0 1
Napier 4 7 1
Nelson 5 6 4
New Plymouth 5 2 4
Palmerston North 6 5 3
Rotorua 7 11 3
Tauranga 13 9 4
Timaru 4 1 4
Wanganui 3 2 1
Wellington 82 73 76
Whangarei 6 10 2
National Total 317 317 199

Definitions

New Business

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

Disposals

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

Total Active Cases

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