94. |
Cases falling within
this description include many debt collections listed as High Court Actions
("HCAs"); mortgage enforcement proceedings listed as High Court Miscellaneous
Proceedings ("HCMPs"); and insolvency cases involving Bankruptcies and Company
Windings-Up. It is obvious that in such cases, the period between institution and
resolution of the proceedings will generally be much shorter than for contested
proceedings. The case ends rapidly with a judgment by default or by consent; or summary
judgment, or judgment at the hearing of an originating summons (in mortgage proceedings);
or with an order made in insolvency proceedings. The pressures which such cases exert on
the system are therefore relatively short-lived and felt not so much by the judges as by
masters and the Registry staff. They involve handling a large volume of cases. |