High Court Jury Trial Waiting Time for Scheduled Hearing by Courts - as at 30 June 2013

High Court Cases with Scheduled Hearing Average Days Median Days
Auckland 48 350 329
Whangarei 5 543 406
Hamilton 9 307 271
Rotorua 8 371 373
Gisborne 1 496 496
New Plymouth 2 235 235
Wellington 11 259 265
Napier 4 363 335
Wanganui 3 328 308
Palmerston North 1 573 573
Nelson 3 431 416
Blenheim 1 215 215
Christchurch 7 406 356
Greymouth 0    
Timaru 5 360 385
Dunedin 0    
Invercargill 2 279 279
National Total 110 353 327

 

Definitions

Waiting Time in days (including weekends) only available for a court where at least one case was scheduled for a future substantive hearing.

HC Jury Trial

For those jury trial cases that have a scheduled trial, waiting time is defined as the time from committal for trial to the future scheduled trial date. Waiting time figures exclude retrial cases and cases that are awaiting outcomes of appeals.

Notes:

Substantive Hearing: refer to Jury Trial/defended hearing for Criminal Jurisdiction, short/simplified/full trial/substantive hearing for Civil Jurisdiction, short / long cause hearing for Family Jurisdiction in general.