APPENDIX 57
(Chapter 18: Public Order)

Judiciary Statistics
1999 2000 2001
(A) Court of Final Appeal
Applications for leave to appeal from the High Court
Criminal 37 24 38
Civil 31 35 30
Total 68 59 68

Substantive appeals from the High Court
Criminal 9 9 6
Civil 20 29 17
Total 29 38 23
(B) High Court
Court of Appeal of the High Court
Criminal 642 533 574
Civil 375 1 125 4 154
Review of sentences 12 9 16
Total 1 029 1 667 4 744
Court of First Instance of the High Court
Appellate
Criminal
Appeals from Magistrates' Courts 1 262 1 359 1 348
Civil
Appeals from Labour Tribunal 115 104 104
Appeals from Small Claims Tribunal 29 42 69
Appeals from Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board 9 6 7
Miscellaneous appeals 1 2 8
Sub-total 154 154 188
Total 1 416 1 513 1 536
First Instance
Criminal Jurisdiction
Criminal cases 415 504 432
Confidential Miscellaneous Proceedings (1) — — 68
Application for Discharge (1) — — 1
Sub-total (Criminal) 415 504 501
Civil Jurisdiction
High Court actions 19 733 10 704 5 556
Miscellaneous proceedings 7 998 6 689 6 699
Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up
Bankruptcy proceedings 3 879 5 487 13 191
Applications for Interim Order (Bankruptcy) 6 2 13
Applications to set aside statutory demands 43 47 34
Companies winding-up proceedings 1 161 1 242 1 403
Sub-total 5 089 6 778 14 641
Personal injuries actions 1 460 1 535 1 055
Other cases
Administrative law and other proceedings 162 2 767 3 869
Admiralty actions 338 312 344
Adoptions 0 1 0
Bill of sale registrations (2) — 17 7
Book debt registrations (2) — 50 59
Commercial actions 2 35 110 73
Construction and arbitration cases 128 140 100
Matrimonial cases 5 3 5
Probate actions (1) — — 5
Stop notices (2) — 26 8
Sub-total 868 3 426 4 470
Sub-total (Civil) 35 148 29 132 32 421
Total 35 563 29 636 32 922
Probate 9 401 11 037 10 939
(C) District Court
Criminal Jurisdiction 1 224 1 229 1 192
Civil Jurisdiction
Civil actions 24 013 18 490 22 829
Distress for rent 12 301 9 024 8 555
Employee's compensation 1 100 1 110 1 067
Other civil cases
Miscellaneous proceedings 2 680 3 727 3 866
Stamp (Ordinance) appeals 25 52 18
Equal opportunities actions 12 8 12
Personal injuries cases (3) — 104 395
Occcupational deafness (compensation) appeals (1) — — 2
Pneumoconiosis (compensation) appeals (1) — — 4
Sub-total 2 717 3 891 4 297
Sub-total 40 131 32 515 36 748
Divorce Jurisdiction
Divorce cases 12 732 12 748 13 737
Miscellaneous proceedings 220 229 229
Joint applications 1 001 1 315 1 643
Adoption applications 167 167 133
Sub-total 14 120 14 459 15 742
Total (Civil) 54 251 46 974 52 490
Total 55 475 48 203 53 682
(D) Magistrates' Courts
Charge sheets 92 101 76 658 69 654
Summonses
Departmental summonses 188 878 180 409 160 023
Drivers' offence point summonses 6 456 2 976 2 482
Fixed penalty summonses 1 612 1 100 864
Private summonses 5 11 2
Sub-total 196 951 184 496 163 371
Miscellaneous proceedings 7 562 8 358 6 903
Anti-litter notices 33 994 26 572 29 609
Fixed penalty notices 96 452 85 872 72 107
Total 427 060 381 956 341 644
(E) Tribunals
Lands Tribunal
Appeals 683 575 569
Compensation cases (4) 40 59 50
Building management cases 397 483 574
Tenancy cases 4 509 4 476 5 207
Lands compulsory sale applications (5) 4 1 3
Miscellaneous reference applications (1) — — 30
Total 5 633 5 594 6 433
Labour Tribunal
Cases 11 594 9 611 10 450
Reviews 343 313 506
Small Claims Tribunal
Claims 57 442 64 348 60 312
Reviews 67 268 727
Obscene Articles Tribunal
Articles for determination 617 670 163 422 266 299
Articles for classification 2 686 2 704 3 711
Articles for review 18 21 19
Articles for reconsideration 0 1 3
Total 620 374 166 148 270 032
(F) Coroner's Court
Death inquests 263 184 160
Notes: (1) Figures are included from 2001 onwards.
(2) Figures are included from 2000 onwards.
(3) Figures are available from September 2000 onwards.
(4) These figures include "miscellaneous reference applications".
(5) Figures are available from June 1999 onwards.
— Not applicable.
Source: Judiciary.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2110 3534)