High Court Civil Appeal Case Volumes - for the 12 months ending 31 December 2015

Appeals
High Court New Business Disposals * Total active as at 31 December 2015*
Auckland 110 117 53
Blenheim 4 3 5
Christchurch 33 43 13
Dunedin 10 6 7
Gisborne 1 0 1
Greymouth 1 2 0
Hamilton 18 15 9
Invercargill 3 4 2
Masterton 0 0 0
Napier 8 4 6
Nelson 7 7 4
New Plymouth 3 6 6
Palmerston North 7 2 5
Rotorua 6 1 7
Tauranga 12 12 5
Timaru 2 2 2
Wanganui 4 2 2
Wellington 78 64 44
Whangarei 13 10 5
National Total 320 300 176

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.