Table 4 High Court
Caseload, Judicial Establishment and Legal Profession [1991 - 2000]
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1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
No. of
Judges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Court of Appeal |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Court of First
Instance |
20 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Master |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
|
High
Court Caseload |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Court of
Appeal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Civil Appeals |
206 |
211 |
218 |
225 |
258 |
254 |
260 |
336 |
338 |
1078 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous Appeals |
- |
- |
- |
11 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
14 |
37 |
47 |
|
Total
to Court of Appeal |
206 |
211 |
218 |
236 |
274 |
258 |
265 |
350 |
375 |
1125 |
|
|
(100) |
(102) |
(106) |
(115) |
(133) |
(125) |
(129) |
(170) |
(182) |
(546) |
|
Court
of First Instance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
High Court Actions |
10020 |
9305 |
11863 |
13208 |
13598 |
14872 |
14373 |
22482 |
19733 |
10704 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous
Proceedings |
3997 |
4206 |
4438 |
3659 |
3968 |
4534 |
4543 |
7087 |
7998 |
6689 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Admiralty Actions |
421 |
335 |
365 |
480 |
463 |
427 |
438 |
432 |
338 |
312 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bankruptcy Proceedings |
859 |
887 |
915 |
1080 |
1448 |
1698 |
1865 |
1637 |
3879 |
5487 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial Actions |
205 |
152 |
213 |
250 |
257 |
375 |
255 |
308 |
235 |
110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Companies Winding-up
Proceedings |
422 |
423 |
539 |
582 |
631 |
742 |
662 |
942 |
1161 |
1242 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Constitutional &
Administrative Law Proceedings |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
115 |
112 |
162 |
2767 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction and
Arbitration Proceedings |
20 |
13 |
24 |
48 |
57 |
87 |
134 |
137 |
128 |
140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Injury Actions |
- |
- |
- |
182 |
1271 |
1387 |
1317 |
1340 |
1460 |
1535 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Probate Actions |
7 |
6 |
11 |
6 |
8 |
19 |
14 |
7 |
11 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Others |
76 |
76 |
57 |
102 |
59 |
41 |
50 |
72 |
107 |
146 |
|
Total
to Court of First Instance |
16027 |
15403 |
18425 |
19597 |
21760 |
24182 |
23766 |
34556 |
35212 |
29154 |
|
|
(100) |
(96) |
(115) |
(122) |
(136) |
(151) |
(149) |
(216) |
(220) |
(182) |
|
No.
of Practitioners |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barristers |
454 |
485 |
570 |
559 |
613 |
624 |
660 |
683 |
728 |
752 |
|
(100) |
(107) |
(126) |
(123) |
(135) |
(137) |
(145) |
(150) |
(160) |
(166) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solicitors |
2479 |
2720 |
2981 |
3307 |
3597 |
3896 |
4310 |
4619 |
4721 |
4890 |
|
(100) |
(110) |
(120) |
(133) |
(145) |
(157) |
(174) |
(186) |
(190) |
(197) |
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Note
(1) |
Others cases refer to
adoptions, bill of sale registrations, matrimonial causes, stop notices, application for
Interim Order and application to set aside a Statutory Demand. |
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