Table 19 Unrepresented
Litigants at Summons for Directions Stage [1998 - 2000]
Cases Started |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
Case Type |
Total No. of
Summons for Directions Hearings |
No. of
Hearings Involving Unrepresented Litigants |
% |
Total No. of
Summons for Directions Hearings |
No. of
Hearings Involving Unrepresented Litigants |
% |
Total No. of
Summons for Directions Hearings |
No. of
Hearings Involving Unrepresented Litigants |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
(b) |
(b/a) |
(c) |
(d) |
(d/c) |
(e) |
(f) |
(f/e) |
|
High Court Actions |
873 |
218 |
25.0% |
455 |
135 |
29.7% |
76 |
23 |
30.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Admiralty Actions |
17 |
6 |
35.3% |
6 |
2 |
33.3% |
19 |
15 |
79.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial Actions |
60 |
13 |
21.7% |
30 |
3 |
10% |
6 |
0 |
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Constitutional and Administration
Law Proceedings |
6 |
2 |
33.3% |
15 |
5 |
33.3% |
996 |
980 |
98.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction and Arbitration
Proceedings |
17 |
0 |
0% |
43 |
6 |
14.0% |
11 |
0 |
0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Injury Actions |
1192 |
63 |
5.3% |
1716 |
162 |
9.4% |
652 |
71 |
10.9% |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Probate Actions |
2 |
1 |
50% |
5 |
1 |
20% |
2 |
0 |
0% |
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Notes
(1) |
Cases with hearing date
on or before 31.12.2000 are covered. |
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|
(2) |
Any one of the parties
in a case not legally represented will be counted as an unrepresented case. |
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(3) |
The data are presented
at hearing level, i.e. one case may have more than one hearing. |
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