LawLink NSW : Appendix 27 - Court Disposals

Appendix 27 - Court Disposals

Administrative Decisions Tribunal

General
Equal Opportunity
Legal Services
Community Services
Retail Leases

Dismissed – with/disct
63
45
3
13
3

Total
94
80
26
17
4

TIMELINESS (mths)

Age of oldest matter disposed of
6
39
60
38
1

Age of oldest matter pending
15
34
75
38
3

No. disposed of in < 6 mths
94
20
7
6
4

No. disposed of in < 12 mths
0
19
8
3
0

No. disposed of in > 12 mths
0
29
5
3
0

No. disposed of in > 2 yrs
0
12
6
5
0

Total
94
80
26
17
4

These Divisions include matters transferred from abolished Tribunals
* General Division – former Veterinary Surgeons Disciplinary Tribunal as at 6/10/98 (4)
* Equal Opportunity Division – former Equal Opportunity Tribunal as at 6/10/98 (181)
* Legal Services Division – former Legal Services Tribunal as at 6/10/98 (59)
* Community Services Division – former Community Services Appeals Tribunal as at 1/1/99 (53)
Note: The Administrative Decisions Tribunal was established in October 1998.

Compensation Court and Dust Diseases Tribunal

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Compensation Court

Matters Registered 22489 26302 23364 18602 15855 17166

Matters Disposed 19852 21990 23508 19661 17873 19680

Matters at hand at 30 June 17083 21395 21251 20192 18174 15660

Average delay (weeks) 39 39 39 38 45 42

Dust Diseases Tribunal

Matters Registered 367 169 207 202 227 179

Matters Disposed 141 191 179 222 219 237

Matters at hand at 30 June 449 427 455 435 443 385*

District Court

Criminal

Sydney 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Trials Registered 1,040 998 680 788 783 733

Trials Disposed 1,133 953 744 766 749 840

Matters on Hand 710 731 645 678 712 621

Median time from committal to finalisation (months)

Custody 7 6 * * * *

Bail 13 7 * * * *

* For 1995/96, 1996/97,1997/98 and 1998/99 see Compliance With Trial Time Standards below

Sydney West 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Trials Registered 838 1,096 946 985 1,121 790

Trials Disposed 1,002 1,009 872 784 1,048 1,139

Matters on Hand 558 519 572 781 854 503

Median time from committal to finalisation (months)

Custody 7 6 * * * *

Bail 12 7 * * * *

* For 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98 and 1998/99 see Compliance With Trial Time Standards below

Country 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Trials Registered 1,227 1,224 1,149 1,116 1,276 1,121

Trials Disposed 1,228 1,021 1,062 864 1,099 1,286

Matters on Hand 796 767 777 1,008 1,195 1,016

Median time from committal to finalisation (months)

Custody 7 5 * * * *

Bail 11 7 * * * *

* For 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98 and 1998/99 see Compliance With Trial Time Standards below

New South Wales 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Trials Registered 3,105 3,318 2,775 2,889 3,180 2,644

Trials Disposed 3,363 2,983 2,678 2,536 2,896 3,265

Matters on Hand 2,064 2,019 1,994 2,467 2,761 2,140

Median time from committal to finalisation (months)

Custody 7 6 * * * *

Bail 11 7 * * * *

* For 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98 and 1998/99 see Compliance With Trial Time Standards below

Compliance with Trial Time Standards

112 days
6 months
12 months
> 1 year

1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99

Sydney

Custody 61.1% 56.4% 51.3% 20.8% 26.1% 33.3% 13.6% 17.0% 13.2% 4.5% 0.5% 2.1%

Bail 28.1% 19.1% 12.1% 20.6% 19.5% 14.2% 21.3% 29.1% 28.2% 35.0% 32.3% 45.5%

Sydney West

Custody 45.6% 47.3% 45.5% 26.7% 28.4% 29.2% 22.2% 23.0% 23.5% 5.5% 1.2% 1.9%

Bail 22.0% 19.3% 14.3% 17.1% 17.8% 16.3% 34.7% 33.8% 33.8% 26.2% 29.0% 35.6%

Country

Custody 47.3% 41.2% 52.2% 20.7% 29.4% 28.5% 27.8% 26.1% 17.4% 4.2% 3.3% 1.9%

Bail 13.9% 11.0% 13.6% 15.3% 14.4% 13.4% 35.1% 36.8% 32.0% 35.7% 37.8% 41.0%

NSW

Custody 52.1% 48.0% 49.4% 22.7% 28.0% 30.4% 20.5% 22.3% 18.3% 4.7% 1.7% 2.0%

Bail 19.4% 16.3% 13.5% 17.5% 17.1% 14.7% 30.8% 33.6% 31.6% 32.5% 33.0% 40.3%

District Court

Civil

Sydney 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Statements of Claim 7,418 8,876 7,601 6,451 7,432 6,642

Praecipes 3,897 4,335 * * * *

Disposals 6,215 8,927 8,552 9,620 6,670 5,974

Pending 4,675 5,237 10,222* 5,106* 6,250* 7,704

* New data collection procedures were introduced during 1995/96. Since then pending has included all matters commenced, and not just those previously considered to be active. Also Praecipe for Trial were abandoned.
NB. Figures are adjusted on the basis of regular stocktakes undertaken at the Court’s various venues,
hence the inputs and outputs against the annual pending do not balance.

Sydney West 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Statements of Claim 2,140 2,886 2,870 1,902 2,373 2,726

Praecipes 1,743 1,769 * * * *

Disposals 2,771 2,731 2,329 2,847 2,617 2,699

Pending 1,956 1,481 4,692* 2,823 1,915 1,797

* New data collection procedures were introduced during 1995/96. Since then pending has included all matters commenced, and not just those previously considered to be active. Also Praecipe for Trial were abandoned.
NB. Figures are adjusted on the basis of regular stocktakes undertaken at the Court’s various venues,
hence the inputs and outputs against the annual pending do not balance.

Country 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Statements of Claim 3,843 4,640 4,261 2,513 4,242 5,279

Praecipes 2,746 3,164 * * * *

Disposals 3,268 2,990 3,773 4,919 4,116 4,110

Pending 2,845 3,139 6,835* 4,518* 3,810 3,870

* New data collection procedures were introduced during 1995/96. Since then pending has included all matters commenced, and not just those previously considered to be active. Also Praecipe for Trial were abandoned.
NB. Figures are adjusted on the basis of regular stocktakes undertaken at the Court’s various venues,
hence the inputs and outputs against the annual pending do not balance.

New South Wales 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Statements of Claim 13,401 16,402 14,732 10,866 14,047 14,603

Praecipes 8,386 9,268 * * * *

Disposals 12,254 14,648 14,654 17,386 13,403 12,783

Pending 9,476 9,857 21,748* 12,447* 11,975 13,371

* New data collection procedures were introduced during 1995/96. Since then pending has included all matters commenced, and not just those previously considered to be active. Also Praecipe for Trial were abandoned.
NB. Figures are adjusted on the basis of regular stocktakes undertaken at the Court’s various venues,
hence the inputs and outputs against the annual pending do not balance.

Percentage Compliance Rate Within

12 Months
18 Months
24 Months
>24 Months

96/7
97/8
98/9
96/7
97/8
98/9
96/7
97/8
98/9
96/7
97/8
98/9

Sydney 80% 65% 44% 20% 27% 18% * 7% 6% * 1% 32%

Sydney West 86% 63% 58% 14% 29% 21% * 7% 7% * 1% 14%

Country 82% 64% 54% 18% 26% 23% * 9% 8% * 1% 15%

NSW 81% 64% 49% 19% 27% 20% * 8% 8% * 1% 23%

NB. These figures relate to case managed matters only. Case mangement commenced on 1 January 1996 and initially only included matters started after that date. Therefore, there were no matters exceeding 18 months in the 1996/97 figures. From 1 January 1998, all remaining matters were absorbed into the case management program and are now included in the statistics, regardless of when they commenced. This is the reason for the marked disparity in the figures.

Civil Median Time from Commencement to Finalisation

Sydney 13.4 months

Sydney West 10.9 months

Country 11.3 months

NSW 12.2 months

Supreme Court Transfers (not included in above civil data)

Actions Transferred (up to 30 June 1998) 3,077

Actions Completed 2,540

Industrial Relations Commission

1997/1998 1998/1999

Cases on Hand 5,501 4,458

Total Cases Filed 7,366 6,828

Total Cases Finalised 5,362 8,008

Median time (days) from commencement to finalisation

Industrial Disputes 111 124

Unfair Dismissals 106 114

Enterprise Agreements 22 24

Awards 32 49

Unfair Contracts 238 288

Appeals 174 205

Criminal Prosecutions 305 366

Total Cases Resolved

Industrial Disputes 896 971

Unfair Dismissals 2,847 4,795

Enterprise Agreements 310 410

Awards 625 836

Unfair Contracts 145 335

Appeals 95 115

Criminal Prosecutions 216 265

Land and Environment Court

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Class One

Matters registered 851 1014 876 780 902 1020

Matters disposed 752 993 1068 931 932 978

Matters on hand 324 444 377 351 447 608

Median time from commencement to finalisation (months) 3 4 5 4 4 4

Class Two

Matters registered 304 271 181 212 238 182

Matters disposed 274 277 229 225 210 204

Matters on hand 122 132 105 113 163 163

Median time from commencement to finalisation (months) 3 3 5 2 3 3

Class Three

Matters registered 420 281 171 162 188 442

Matters disposed 337 366 256 166 266 313

Matters on hand 297 262 166 187 128 264

Median time from commencement to finalisation (months) 4 5 5 4 4 6

Class Four

Matters registered 276 255 280 321 314 246

Matters disposed 269 310 315 345 372 320

Matters on hand 100 105 144 193 198 182

Median time from commencement to finalisation (months) 4 4 4 3 5 5

Class Five

Matters registered 61 63 84 128 165 90

Matters disposed 52 66 75 121 157 106

Matters on hand 43 59 85 120 138 132

Median time from commencement to finalisation (months) 5 6 6 5 6 7

Class Six

Matters registered 2 1 0

Matters disposed 1 0 1

Matters on hand 2 1 0

Median time from commencement to finalisation (months) 6 6 n.a.

Class One Environmental Planning and Protection Appeals Division.
Class Two Local Government and Miscellaneous Appeals Division.
Class Three Land Tenure, Valuation, Rating and Compensation Division.
Class Four Environmental Planning and Protection: Civil Enforcement.
Class Five Environmental Planning and Protection: Summary Criminal Enforcement.
Class Six Appeals from convictions relating to environmental offences (appeals from Magistrates in Local Courts prosecutions for environmental offences).

Local Courts

1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

General Matters

New Matters 217,489 218,329 197,071 211,490 228,671 230,825 242,222

Finalised Matters 218,237 221,571 199,345 210,783 229,528 232,303 242,513

Matters on Hand (30 June) 20,768 18,587 19,779 20,496 22,309 24,378 25,141

Children’s Matters

New Matters 20,494 22,590 24,196 24,286 26,859 26,188 23,835

Finalised Matters 20,208 21,902 23,980 24,354 26,649 26,519 23,990

Matters on Hand (30 June) 2,658 3,163 3,226 3,038 3,430 4,009 3,995

Family Law Matters

New Matters 14,299 14,285 14,836 13,111 11,974 12,303 11,369

Finalised Matters 13,681 13,952 13,411 13,145 12,069 12,226 11,252

Matters on Hand (30 June) 1,535 1,458 1,190 1,115 1,145 1,168 1,177

Civil Claims

New Matters 26,234 28,506 28,801 13,925 13,516 12,667 12,205

Finalised Matters 27,850 30,100 31,827 13,606 12,572 11,739 10,519

Matters on Hand (30 June) 2,922 3,032 3,006 2,327 4,146 5,146 6,700

ALL MATTERS

New Matters 278,516 283,710 264,904 262,812 281,020 281,983 289,631

Finalised Matters 279,976 287,525 268,563 261,888 280,818 282,787 288,274

Matters on Hand (30 June) 27,883 26,240 27,201 26,976 31,030 34,701 37,013

Median waiting time (weeks) 13 11 10 11 13 13 13

APPREHENDED VIOLENCE

Applications issued

Personal Violence n/a n/a 9,563 10,227 11,750 13,847 13,526

Domestic Violence n/a n/a 21,634 23,879 27,707 25,821 23,555

Total n/a n/a 31,197 34,106 39,457 39,668 37,081

Local Courts

1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Orders Made

Interim Orders Made n/a n/a 10,586 12,908 16,862 20,218 n/a

Final Orders Made*** n/a n/a 14,575 16,159 19,131 20,735 18,710

*** During 1994/95 – 1997/98, the number of Domestic Violence Final Orders Made included conditional bail orders and final orders made by court.
Due to the change of AVO data collection from 1/1/99, 1998/99 figure represents only the number of Final Orders made by court.

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

After Hours Justice Services

Telephone Interim Order

Applications n/a 1,305 3,181 5,166 9,761 10,141

Supreme Court
Criminal Division (summons matters shown separately)¹

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Matters registered 147 107 111 118 124 111

(204) (198) (181) (133) (94) (68)

Matters completed 152 68 83 88 110 138

(210) (254) (130) (52) (92) (100)

Matters on hand (as at 30 June) 97 136 117 147 162 134

(231) (175) (199) (280) (282) (249)

Median time from committal to date of first trial (months, as at 30 June)

Custody 12 8 18 17 16 13

Bail 23 12 21 23 24 21

1 This work will be assigned to the Criminal List of the Common Law Division from 1 July 1999.

Common Law Division (Sydney Registry)

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

New filings 9,2962 4,663 4,956 5,390 3,803 3,732

Notices to set down for trial filed³ 1,057 864 229 119 43 0

Matters in which a DCM document was filed⁴ 23 322 821 1219 443 400

Disposals from the active pending list 2,460 1,629 2,100 2,170 4,386⁵ 1,375

Matters on hand (as at 30 June)⁶ 4,139 5,200 5,878 5,366 2,111 2,108

Time awaiting hearing (months, as at 30 June)

Differential Case Management cases⁷ – 15 9 29 27 26.4

Active Case Management cases⁸ 56 61 51 58 99 70.8

Holding List⁹ 4.75 6 7 1.9 1.7

2 In September 1993 approximately 4,000 breast implant cases were filed.
3 Applies to proceedings commenced before 1 February 1994.
4 Differential Case Management (DCM) applies only to cases commenced in the Common Law Division on or after
1 February 1994.
5 Includes proceedings transferred to the District Court following the commencement of the District Court Amendment
Act 1997.
6 Excludes matters proceeding to default judgment and 4,010 breast implant (class action) cases.
7 Measured from commencement of case management to hearing (including time in the Holding List).
8 Measured from the time of filing a notice to set down for trial to the hearing . Active Case Management (ACM)
applies to cases commenced in the Common Law Division before 1 February 1994.
9 Measured from completion of case management to the first call-up for allocation of a hearing date.

Administrative Law Division¹⁰

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

New filings 89 89 156 134 130 108

Disposals (court) 33 52 34 25 74 57

Matters on hand (as at 30 June) 111 134 156 192 178 127

Time from registration to finalisation

(months, as at 30 June) <12 <12 <12 <12 5-6 7-8

10 This work will be assigned to the Administrative Law List of the Common Law Division from 1 July 1999.

Equity Division (excluding Commercial List and Admiralty List)

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

New filings 4,311 4,252 3,528 3,973 4,262 4,027

Matters completed¹¹ 1,882 1,487 1,265 1,679 2,103 2,263

Matters on hand (as at 30 June)¹² 661 643 537 537 512 412

Time from readiness to hearing

(months, as at 30 June)

General list 18 15 6-12 13-16 12 12-14

Short matters 3 1-3 3-6 1-3 1-3 1-3

Masters’ list 3 5-7 6-12 6-9 7-8 5-6

11 These are the Registrar’s disposals only.
12 Represents cases that have been case managed by the Registrar and are ready to be allocated a hearing before a Judge or Master. The total number of pending cases as at 30 June 1999 was 4,770 (which includes cases that are currently before the Registrar for case management, inactive matters and finalised cases which remain “open” on the Court’s computer system).

Commercial Division (now assigned to the Commercial List of the Equity Division)

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

New filings 361 275 284 317 159 157

Disposals (court) 474 268 256 307 221 142

Matters on hand (as at 30 June) 184 171 199 209 147 162

Time from registration to finalisation (months, as at 30 June) 9 9 6-9 6-9 6-9 6-9

Construction List (now assigned to the Equity Division)

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

New filings 85 93 59 71 62 55

Disposals (court) –¹³ 97 45 56 78 47

Matters on hand (as at 30 June) 52 48 62 77 61 69

Time from registration to finalisation (months, as at 30 June) 9 9 6-9 6-9 6-9 6-9

13 Details of disposals not available.

Admiralty Division (now assigned to the Admiralty List of the Equity Division)

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

New filings 25 15 27 23 32 28

Disposals (court) 9¹⁴ 6¹⁵ 7 1 8 8

Matters on hand (as at 30 June) 46 9 15 16 22 19

Time from registration to finalisation (months, as at 30 June) <12 <12 <12 6-9 6-9 6-9

14 This figure is incomplete because details of disposals are not available for 1994.
15 See note 14 above.

Probate Division¹⁶

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Applications filed 17,797 20,218 19,805 20,053 20,574 20,051

Grants made 18,976 22,377 20,728 21,131 21,936 21,811

Time to grant applications 2 days 2 days 2 days 2 days 2 days 2 days

16 This work will be assigned to the Probate List of the Equity Division from 1 July 1999.

Court of Criminal Appeal

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Appeals lodged 879 758 776 761 753 850

Appeals disposed 978 879 818 812 709 652

Matters on hand (as at 30 June) 689 568 526 475 519 699

Median delay from readiness to hearing (weeks, as at 30 June)¹⁷ – – – – 9.5 14

17 Not available prior to 1997-98.

Court of Appeal

1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Appeals lodged 634 780 792 753 791 696

Appeals disposed 609 755 1,121 917 795 816

Matters on hand (as at 30 June) 1,205 1,230 924 713 709 622

Time to finalisation (months, as at 30 June)¹⁸

General List¹⁹ 24 35 33.2 23.7 23-24 21-22

Other lists – – – – 10-16 7-8

18 Prior to 1997/98 delay was measured from the time that readiness to proceed to hearing was established. From 1997/98 onwards, delay has been measured from lodgement of the notice of appeal.
19 Prior to 1996/97 the General List represented the majority of appeals to be heard (approximately 80 per cent at June 1996). Since then the General List has been considerably reduced and represents approximately 25 per cent of appeals to be heard.

Costs Assessment Scheme²⁰

1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99

Applications lodged 2,146 2,661 2,763 2,566

Applications assigned to assessors – – 2,852 2,527

Matters disposed – – 1,916 2,014

20 The Scheme commenced on 1 July 1994 and, from 1 July 1995, became the exclusive method of assessment of legal costs for most NSW jurisdictions. Limited details only are available for 1995/96 and 1996/97 because computerised information management reporting was not available during that period.

information current as of: 13 February 2012

	General	Equal Opportunity	Legal Services	Community Services	Retail Leases
Dismissed – with/disct	63	45	3	13	3
Total	94	80	26	17	4
TIMELINESS (mths)
Age of oldest matter disposed of	6	39	60	38	1
Age of oldest matter pending	15	34	75	38	3
No. disposed of in < 6 mths	94	20	7	6	4
No. disposed of in < 12 mths	0	19	8	3	0
No. disposed of in > 12 mths	0	29	5	3	0
No. disposed of in > 2 yrs	0	12	6	5	0
Total	94	80	26	17	4

	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
Compensation Court
Matters Registered	22489	26302	23364	18602	15855	17166
Matters Disposed	19852	21990	23508	19661	17873	19680
Matters at hand at 30 June	17083	21395	21251	20192	18174	15660
Average delay (weeks)	39	39	39	38	45	42
Dust Diseases Tribunal
Matters Registered	367	169	207	202	227	179
Matters Disposed	141	191	179	222	219	237
Matters at hand at 30 June	449	427	455	435	443	385*

Criminal
Sydney	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
Trials Registered	1,040	998	680	788	783	733
Trials Disposed	1,133	953	744	766	749	840
Matters on Hand	710	731	645	678	712	621
Median time from committal to finalisation (months)
Custody	7	6	*	*	*	*
Bail	13	7	*	*	*	*

Sydney West	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
Trials Registered	838	1,096	946	985	1,121	790
Trials Disposed	1,002	1,009	872	784	1,048	1,139
Matters on Hand	558	519	572	781	854	503
Median time from committal to finalisation (months)
Custody	7	6	*	*	*	*
Bail	12	7	*	*	*	*

Country	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
Trials Registered	1,227	1,224	1,149	1,116	1,276	1,121
Trials Disposed	1,228	1,021	1,062	864	1,099	1,286
Matters on Hand	796	767	777	1,008	1,195	1,016
Median time from committal to finalisation (months)
Custody	7	5	*	*	*	*
Bail	11	7	*	*	*	*

New South Wales	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
Trials Registered	3,105	3,318	2,775	2,889	3,180	2,644
Trials Disposed	3,363	2,983	2,678	2,536	2,896	3,265
Matters on Hand	2,064	2,019	1,994	2,467	2,761	2,140
Median time from committal to finalisation (months)
Custody	7	6	*	*	*	*
Bail	11	7	*	*	*	*

	112 days			6 months			12 months			> 1 year
	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
Sydney
Custody	61.1%	56.4%	51.3%	20.8%	26.1%	33.3%	13.6%	17.0%	13.2%	4.5%	0.5%	2.1%
Bail	28.1%	19.1%	12.1%	20.6%	19.5%	14.2%	21.3%	29.1%	28.2%	35.0%	32.3%	45.5%
Sydney West
Custody	45.6%	47.3%	45.5%	26.7%	28.4%	29.2%	22.2%	23.0%	23.5%	5.5%	1.2%	1.9%
Bail	22.0%	19.3%	14.3%	17.1%	17.8%	16.3%	34.7%	33.8%	33.8%	26.2%	29.0%	35.6%
Country
Custody	47.3%	41.2%	52.2%	20.7%	29.4%	28.5%	27.8%	26.1%	17.4%	4.2%	3.3%	1.9%
Bail	13.9%	11.0%	13.6%	15.3%	14.4%	13.4%	35.1%	36.8%	32.0%	35.7%	37.8%	41.0%
NSW
Custody	52.1%	48.0%	49.4%	22.7%	28.0%	30.4%	20.5%	22.3%	18.3%	4.7%	1.7%	2.0%
Bail	19.4%	16.3%	13.5%	17.5%	17.1%	14.7%	30.8%	33.6%	31.6%	32.5%	33.0%	40.3%

*Civil*
Sydney	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
Statements of Claim	7,418	8,876	7,601	6,451	7,432	6,642
Praecipes	3,897	4,335	*	*	*	*
Disposals	6,215	8,927	8,552	9,620	6,670	5,974
Pending	4,675	5,237	10,222*	5,106*	6,250*	7,704

	12 Months			18 Months			24 Months			>24 Months
	96/7	97/8	98/9	96/7	97/8	98/9	96/7	97/8	98/9	96/7	97/8	98/9
Sydney	80%	65%	44%	20%	27%	18%	*	7%	6%	*	1%	32%
Sydney West	86%	63%	58%	14%	29%	21%	*	7%	7%	*	1%	14%
Country	82%	64%	54%	18%	26%	23%	*	9%	8%	*	1%	15%
NSW	81%	64%	49%	19%	27%	20%	*	8%	8%	*	1%	23%

Sydney	13.4 months
Sydney West	10.9 months
Country	11.3 months
NSW	12.2 months
Supreme Court Transfers (not included in above civil data)
Actions Transferred (up to 30 June 1998)	3,077
Actions Completed	2,540

	1997/1998	1998/1999
Cases on Hand	5,501	4,458
Total Cases Filed	7,366	6,828
Total Cases Finalised	5,362	8,008
Median time (days) from commencement to finalisation
Industrial Disputes	111	124
Unfair Dismissals	106	114
Enterprise Agreements	22	24
Awards	32	49
Unfair Contracts	238	288
Appeals	174	205
Criminal Prosecutions	305	366
Total Cases Resolved
Industrial Disputes	896	971
Unfair Dismissals	2,847	4,795
Enterprise Agreements	310	410
Awards	625	836
Unfair Contracts	145	335
Appeals	95	115
Criminal Prosecutions	216	265

	1992/93	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
General Matters
New Matters	217,489	218,329	197,071	211,490	228,671	230,825	242,222
Finalised Matters	218,237	221,571	199,345	210,783	229,528	232,303	242,513
Matters on Hand (30 June)	20,768	18,587	19,779	20,496	22,309	24,378	25,141
Children’s Matters
New Matters	20,494	22,590	24,196	24,286	26,859	26,188	23,835
Finalised Matters	20,208	21,902	23,980	24,354	26,649	26,519	23,990
Matters on Hand (30 June)	2,658	3,163	3,226	3,038	3,430	4,009	3,995
Family Law Matters
New Matters	14,299	14,285	14,836	13,111	11,974	12,303	11,369
Finalised Matters	13,681	13,952	13,411	13,145	12,069	12,226	11,252
Matters on Hand (30 June)	1,535	1,458	1,190	1,115	1,145	1,168	1,177
Civil Claims
New Matters	26,234	28,506	28,801	13,925	13,516	12,667	12,205
Finalised Matters	27,850	30,100	31,827	13,606	12,572	11,739	10,519
Matters on Hand (30 June)	2,922	3,032	3,006	2,327	4,146	5,146	6,700
ALL MATTERS
New Matters	278,516	283,710	264,904	262,812	281,020	281,983	289,631
Finalised Matters	279,976	287,525	268,563	261,888	280,818	282,787	288,274
Matters on Hand (30 June)	27,883	26,240	27,201	26,976	31,030	34,701	37,013
Median waiting time (weeks)	13	11	10	11	13	13	13
APPREHENDED VIOLENCE
Applications issued
Personal Violence	n/a	n/a	9,563	10,227	11,750	13,847	13,526
Domestic Violence	n/a	n/a	21,634	23,879	27,707	25,821	23,555
Total	n/a	n/a	31,197	34,106	39,457	39,668	37,081