Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service

19th August 2011

High Court Bulletin – (provisional figures)
April to June 2011

During the quarter;

• There were 1,913 cases received into the Chancery division.
• There were 1,782 writs received in Queen’s Bench
• There were 52 applications for leave to apply for Judicial Review
• There were 1,748 grants issued during the quarter in the probate office

Notes for Editors;

• During April – June 2011 there were 1,782 writs received in Queen’s Bench (1,891 in the same period in 2010).  Of these, 57% were negligence cases (47% in the same period in 2010).
  

  Figure 1: Number of writs received by type of writ

  Negligence	1015
  Breach	27
  Road injuries	291
  Personal injuries	71
  Monies due	322
  Other	56

• There were 1,918 cases received into the Chancery division. In total, 51% were chancery cases, 39% were bankruptcy cases and 9% were companies’ cases. There were 1,751 cases disposed of during the reporting period.

• There were 534 sitting days in the High Court during the quarter (Fig 2).
  

  Figure 2: Number of sitting days by business type

  Business Type	Crown	72
  	Judicial Review	41
  	Children Order	27
  	Other Family	56
  	Queens Bench	150
  	Chancery	49
  	Bails	77
  	Appeals	6
  	Ct of Appeal - Civil	29
  	Ct of Appeal - Criminal	27
  Total		534

Important Notes

High Court figures on Children’s Order cases, Crown Court cases, bail applications and appeals appear in other bulletins.

In the tables relating to time intervals, the total time from issue to disposal may not equal that of the individual time periods due to some dates not being applicable.

Figures are run from an administrative database and may change due to late returns and further validations.

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