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

High Court Registry New Business Disposals Total Active
Auckland 379 441 80
Blenheim 26 19 2
Christchurch 105 109 20
Dunedin 51 43 17
Gisborne 15 20 1
Greymouth 4 8 0
Hamilton 64 78 22
Invercargill 49 40 12
Masterton 2 4 0
Napier 28 32 4
Nelson 48 52 2
New Plymouth 42 45 10
Palmerston North 23 26 7
Rotorua 69 80 10
Tauranga 27 39 7
Timaru 16 11 7
Wanganui 8 8 2
Wellington 81 93 13
Whangarei 70 73 14
National Total 1,107 1,221 230

Note:

The data source used to report on High Court criminal appeals has changed from manual workload to the Ministry's electronic Case Management System (CMS). The number of appeals reported on from CMS is higher than the number previously reported from manual data.

This is due to a number of reasons; for instance, multiple appeals being heard together may have been counted as a single appeal in the manual data, but will each be counted separately in the CMS data.

Masterton is a filing-only registry for the High Court; appeals filed in Masterton are generally heard in Wellington.

Definitions

New Business

New business includes all appeals filed in the District Court (criminal appeals are filed in the District Court then transferred to the High Court).

Disposals

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

Total Active Cases

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