Annual statistics
The High Court provides statistics on criminal and civil case workloads and statistics on waiting times for scheduled hearings.
Statistics on workloads cover:
- New business
- Disposals
- Active cases
New process
From the year ending 31 December 2021, annual statistics will be provided for the 31 December year-ends only.
The statistics will continue to be provided as previously. The commentary for those statistics will now be included in the High Court Annual Review. (PDF, 1,195 KB)
Statistics year ending 31 December 2022
Annual workload statistics for the year ending 31 December 2022
Previous annual statistics are available for the following periods
1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020
1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019
1 January 2018 - 31 December 2018
1 January 2017 - 31 December 2017
Archived court statistics
Archived court statistics, by all courts and jurisdictions, from the year 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 to the year 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, can be accessed here.
Judicial media inquiries - Senior Courts (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court)
Contact: Liz Kennedy - Senior Media Advisor
Phone: 04 466 3439
Cell phone: 027 369 6701
Email: Liz Kennedy
Statistics are provided for 30 June and 31 December year-ends.