Part A - General Civil Actions
Table 1 |
General
Civil Actions - Amount Recovered and Costs Claimed and Costs Allowed [All Bills (Note 1)] |
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Amount Recovered |
Total
Costs (Note 4) |
Profit
Costs (Note 7) |
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Amount Recovered (Note 2) |
Total
No. of Cases |
Lowest |
Highest |
Median |
Claimed |
Allowed |
Claimed |
Allowed |
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Lowest
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Highest
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Median |
No.
of Bills Submitted (Note 5) |
Lowest
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Highest |
Median |
No. of
Bills Taxed (Note 6) |
Lowest |
Highest |
Median |
No. of
Bills Submitted |
Lowest |
Highest |
Median |
No. of
Bills Taxed (Note 8) |
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< $120,000 |
50 |
1 |
119,500 |
62,700 |
11,800 |
2,460,900 |
46,400 |
50 |
8,200 |
1,850,000 |
29,000 |
50 |
9,100 |
600,000 |
42,700 |
50 |
5,900 |
223,800 |
24,400 |
48 |
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$120,000 to
< $600,000 |
59 |
122,300 |
598,000 |
230,000 |
19,900 |
893,400 |
119,400 |
59 |
15,900 |
580,000 |
81,800 |
59 |
18,800 |
651,700 |
100,700 |
59 |
14,900 |
277,200 |
58,800 |
57 |
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$600,000 to
< $1 M |
19 |
623,500 |
930,900 |
720,000 |
29,500 |
1,146,800 |
88,400 |
19 |
20,900 |
779,600 |
66,100 |
19 |
12,800 |
632,600 |
64,800 |
19 |
11,300 |
474,500 |
36,200 |
19 |
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$1 M to <
$3 M |
28 |
1,000,000 |
2,814,000 |
1,503,000 |
47,000 |
2,263,200 |
234,100 |
28 |
37,700 |
1,517,200 |
190,000 |
27 |
38,300 |
956,100 |
150,100 |
28 |
31,400 |
705,300 |
88,000 |
25 |
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> $3 M |
8 |
3,049,400 |
52,728,000 |
10,075,300 |
40,900 |
959,300 |
289,200 |
8 |
29,600 |
908,800 |
286,600 |
8 |
30,700 |
835,100 |
208,700 |
8 |
22,600 |
784,600 |
202,300 |
8 |
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< $1 M |
128 |
1 |
930,900 |
174,100 |
11,800 |
2,460,900 |
78,300 |
128 |
8,200 |
1,850,000 |
47,500 |
128 |
9,100 |
651,700 |
65,500 |
128 |
5,900 |
474,500 |
36,100 |
124 |
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< $3 M |
156 |
1 |
2,814,000 |
227,500 |
11,800 |
2,460,900 |
83,200 |
156 |
8,200 |
1,850,000 |
57,700 |
155 |
9,100 |
956,100 |
73,500 |
156 |
5,900 |
705,300 |
41,200 |
149 |
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Sub-Total |
164 |
1 |
52,728,000 |
256,100 |
11,800 |
2,460,900 |
86,900 |
164 |
8,200 |
1,850,000 |
61,200 |
163 |
9,100 |
956,100 |
74,500 |
164 |
5,900 |
784,600 |
43,700 |
157 |
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No Quantified
Amount Recovered (Note 3) |
172 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
4,300 |
12,004,900 |
188,900 |
172 |
12,300 |
11,216,600 |
152,200 |
170 |
4,100 |
5,347,300 |
125,800 |
172 |
12,200 |
5,047,800 |
97,400 |
164 |
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Counsel
Fees (Note 9) |
Taxation
Costs (Note 11) |
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Amount Recovered |
Total
No. of Cases |
Claimed |
Allowed |
Claimed |
Allowed |
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Lowest
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Highest
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Median
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No.
of Bills Submitted |
Lowest
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Highest
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Median
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No.
of Bills Taxed (Note 10) |
Lowest |
Highest |
Median |
No. of
Bills Submitted |
Lowest |
Highest |
Median |
No. of
Bills Taxed (Note 12) |
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< $120,000 |
50 |
11,000 |
1,750,000 |
61,000 |
(7) |
11,000 |
65,000 |
53,500 |
6 |
3,500 |
52,400 |
9,200 |
50 |
2,000 |
33,200 |
5,200 |
47 |
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$120,000 to
< $600,000 |
59 |
12,000 |
260,000 |
60,000 |
(25) |
9,000 |
228,000 |
51,000 |
21 |
3,600 |
50,500 |
8,900 |
59 |
1,200 |
48,700 |
9,400 |
54 |
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$600,000 to
< $1 M |
19 |
10,000 |
441,800 |
41,800 |
(10) |
23,800 |
245,800 |
41,800 |
8 |
6,800 |
71,900 |
16,700 |
19 |
4,000 |
71,900 |
7,400 |
18 |
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$1 M to <
$3 M |
28 |
4,800 |
866,500 |
66,500 |
(20) |
12,500 |
429,000 |
60,000 |
13 |
9,400 |
117,000 |
26,000 |
28 |
5,300 |
117,000 |
17,500 |
23 |
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> $3 M |
8 |
9,600 |
354,000 |
62,300 |
(6) |
9,600 |
354,000 |
62,300 |
6 |
15,100 |
95,500 |
25,500 |
8 |
7,600 |
95,400 |
24,000 |
8 |
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< $1 M |
128 |
10,000 |
1,750,000 |
59,500 |
(42) |
9,000 |
245,800 |
50,400 |
35 |
3,500 |
71,900 |
12,200 |
128 |
1,200 |
71,900 |
6,600 |
119 |
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< $3 M |
156 |
4,800 |
1,750,000 |
60,000 |
(62) |
9,000 |
429,000 |
51,800 |
48 |
3,500 |
117,000 |
13,700 |
156 |
1,200 |
117,000 |
7,000 |
142 |
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Sub-Total |
164 |
4,800 |
1,750,000 |
60,000 |
(68) |
9,000 |
429,000 |
51,800 |
54 |
3,500 |
117,000 |
15,200 |
164 |
1,200 |
117,000 |
7,300 |
150 |
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No Quantified
Amount Recovered |
172 |
2,000 |
5,051,000 |
66,000 |
(109) |
2,000 |
4,880,500 |
55,000 |
97 |
600 |
276,100 |
20,900 |
172 |
2,500 |
276,100 |
18,300 |
156 |
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Notes: (Notes 1 to 12 are also
applicable to personal injury actions)
(1) |
Include both
provisional and non-provisional bills. <back> |
(2) |
Amount recovered
is the amount awarded or the settlement sum. <back> |
(3) |
In cases where
the award was for damages to be assessed, some non-monetary relief e.g. injunction or
declaration where the case was dismissed, there was no quantified amount recovered. <back> |
(4) |
Total costs are
the total amount of costs claimed by the winning party against the losing party as per the
bill. <back> |
(5) |
This is the
number of bills submitted for taxation. <back> |
(6) |
This represents
the actual number of bills taxed. Those not taxed are disposed of without taxation. <back> |
(7) |
Profit costs are
the solicitors' profit costs. Disbursements are not included. <back> |
(8) |
All the bills
involved profit costs but for some of them such costs were disposed of without taxation.
The number of bills taxed represents the number of bills in which such costs were
taxed. <back> |
(9) |
It should be
noted that not every case involved counsel. The figures in bracket represent the number of
bills in which counsel's fees featured. <back> |
(10) |
Not every bill
involved counsel's fees. The number of taxed bills represents the number of bills in which
counsel's fees featured and were actually taxed. <back> |
(11) |
Taxation costs
are the costs incurred in connection with taxation. Treated as a separate item, it does
not overlap with profit costs. <back> |
(12) |
All the bills
involved taxation costs but for some of them such costs were disposed of without taxation.
The number of bills taxed represents the number of bills in which such costs were taxed.
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