Court of Appeal Case Volumes - for the 12 Months Ending 30 June 2012

  New business Disposals Total active
Civil appeal 264 260 237
Criminal appeal 522 523 298

Note:

The data sourced 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.