County Court Bulletin October - December 2010 (Provisional Figures)

Contents

County court figures on Children Order cases, magistrates’ appeals and county court appeals appear in other bulletins.

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

Summary

Number of Civil Bills with NID's received and dealt with (excluding the Civil Processing Centre)

Belfast Londonderry Antrim Fermanagh & Tyrone Armagh &S Down Ards Craigavon
Received 846 140 185 109 108 231 196
Disposed 885 247 281 268 233 298 297

Civil Bills

Table 1: Number of ordinary civil bill cases and applications received

Case Antrim 160
Ards 208
Armagh and South Down 105
Belfast 2308
Craigavon 159
Fermanagh and Tyrone 101
Londonderry 119
Total 3160
Application Antrim 94
Ards 170
Armagh and South Down 86
Belfast 677
Craigavon 107
Fermanagh and Tyrone 83
Londonderry 113
Total 1330

Table 2: Number of ordinary civil bill cases with notice of intention to defend (NIDs) received by judicial level

  County court judge District judge Total
Antrim 129 56 185
Ards 138 93 231
Armagh and South Down 67 41 108
Belfast 603 243 846
Craigavon 124 72 196
Fermanagh and Tyrone 74 35 109
Londonderry 73 67 140
Total 1208 607 1815

Table 3: Number of ordinary civil bills cases and applications disposed

  Court result - CCJ Court result - DDJ Non court disposals Default judgement Office disposal Total
Case Antrim 111 68 70 7 25 281
Ards 95 107 66 4 26 298
Armagh and South Down 128 35 43 6 21 233
Belfast 403 235 162 9 76 885
Civil Processing Centre     33 555 27 615
Craigavon 130 72 63 6 26 297
Fermanagh and Tyrone  120 88 42 3 15 268
Londonderry 98 94 36   19 247
Total 1085 699 515 590 235 3124
Application Antrim 38 13 20     71
Ards 26 34 30     90
Armagh and South Down 33 7 10     50
Belfast 85 41 100     226
Civil Processing Centre     10     10
Craigavon 38 18 25     81
Fermanagh and Tyrone  30 15 14     59
Londonderry 50 15 10     75
Total 300 143 219     662

Table 4: Number of ordinary civil bills cases by amount awarded

  No value Less than £1000 £1000-2999 £3000-4999 Over £5000 Total
Case Antrim 34 16 46 46 37 179
Ards 40 23 67 46 26 202
Armagh and South Down 35 23 40 34 31 163
Belfast 185 43 171 140 99 638
Craigavon 50 25 60 38 29 202
Fermanagh and Tyrone  50 14 56 44 44 208
Londonderry 44 13 63 38 34 192
Total 438 157 503 386 300 1784

Excludes cases that were adjourned generally, default judgements or had office disposals

Table 5: Outstanding civil bills with notice of intention to defend (NID) but no certificate of readiness (COR)

  County court judge District judge Total
Antrim 311 122 433
Ards 293 131 424
Armagh and South Down 192 69 261
Belfast 1382 434 1816
Craigavon 333 126 459
Fermanagh and Tyrone 255 78 333
Londonderry 177 140 317
Total 2943 1100 4043

Table 6: Outstanding civil bills with certificate of readiness (COR)

County court judge District judge Total
Antrim 112 42 154
Ards 153 59 212
Armagh and South Down 79 26 105
Belfast 312 99 411
Craigavon 100 57 157
Fermanagh and Tyrone 98 50 148
Londonderry 57 53 110
Total 911 386 1297

Table 7: Time intervals in weeks for civil bill cases

  Issue to disposal
Case Antrim 45
Ards 45
Armagh and South Down 47
Belfast 43
Craigavon 49
Fermanagh and Tyrone 58
Londonderry 48
Total 47

Excludes default judgements and office disposals

Table 8: Time intervals in weeks for civil bill applications

  Issue to disposal
Application Antrim 7
Ards 8
Armagh and South Down 9
Belfast 4
Craigavon 10
Fermanagh and Tyrone 7
Londonderry 4
Total 6

Excludes default judgements and office disposals

Equity

Table 9: Equity cases and applications received

Case Antrim 5
Ards 6
Armagh and South Down 4
Belfast 15
Craigavon 3
Fermanagh and Tyrone 10
Londonderry 6
Total 49
Application Antrim 2
Ards 3
Armagh and South Down 4
Belfast 2
Craigavon 1
Fermanagh and Tyrone 7
Londonderry 3
Total 22

Table 10: Equity cases and applications disposed

  Court result - CCJ Court result - DDJ Non court disposals Total
Case Antrim 8   3 11
Ards 2 1 2 5
Armagh and South Down 12 1   13
Belfast 5     5
Craigavon 4     4
Fermanagh and Tyrone 11     11
Londonderry 5     5
Total 47 2 5 54
Application Antrim 3     3
Ards 2   2 4
Armagh and South Down 2   1 3
Belfast 1   1 2
Craigavon     1 1
Fermanagh and Tyrone 3     3
Londonderry 1     1
Total 12   5 17

Table 11: Outstanding equity cases

Case Antrim 44
Ards 49
Armagh and South Down 38
Belfast 87
Craigavon 16
Fermanagh and Tyrone 60
Londonderry 27
Total 321

Table 12: Time intervals in weeks

  Issue to disposal
Case Antrim 62
Ards 58
Armagh and South Down 62
Belfast 109
Craigavon 126
Fermanagh and Tyrone 73
Londonderry 74
Total 76
Application Antrim 13
Ards 6
Armagh and South Down 72
Belfast 3
Fermanagh and Tyrone 22
Londonderry 6
Total 22

Ejectment

Table 13: Ejectment cases received

Case Antrim 7
Ards 45
Armagh and South Down 7
Belfast 86
Craigavon 21
Fermanagh and Tyrone 7
Londonderry 17
Total 190

Table 14: Ejectment cases disposed

  Court result - CCJ Court result - DDJ Non court disposals Total
Case Antrim 1 12 1 14
Ards 3 46   49
Armagh and South Down   8   8
Belfast 2 47 1 50
Craigavon   21 1 22
Fermanagh and Tyrone   20 1 21
Londonderry   12   12
Total 6 166 4 176

Table 15: Outstanding ejectment cases with notice of intention to defend (NID)

Case Antrim 3
Ards 5
Armagh and South Down 4
Belfast 12
Craigavon 2
Fermanagh and Tyrone 3
Londonderry 8
Total 37

Table 16: Time intervals in weeks

  Issue to disposal
Case Antrim 19
Ards 15
Armagh and South Down 26
Belfast 18
Craigavon 16
Fermanagh and Tyrone 18
Londonderry 23
Total 18

Excludes default judgements, non-court disposals and office disposals

Small Claims

Table 17: Number of small claims cases and applications received

Case Antrim 48
Ards 69
Armagh and South Down 38
Belfast 2533
Craigavon 41
Fermanagh and Tyrone 37
Londonderry 34
Total 2800
Application Antrim 11
Ards 10
Armagh and South Down 3
Belfast 39
Craigavon 7
Fermanagh and Tyrone 14
Londonderry 2
Total 86

Table 18: Number of small claims cases with notice of dispute (NODs) received

Case Antrim 41
Ards 75
Armagh and South Down 46
Belfast 170
Craigavon 46
Fermanagh and Tyrone 53
Londonderry 41
Total 472

Table 19: Number of small claims cases and applications disposed

  Court disposal Non court disposal Office disposal Default judgement Total
Case Antrim 55 4 7 6 72
Ards 83   10 9 102
Armagh and South Down 43 8 1   52
Belfast 203 7 577 1591 2378
Craigavon 60 3 7   70
Fermanagh and Tyrone 93   9 2 104
Londonderry 57 1 8   66
Total 594 23 619 1608 2844
Application Antrim 13 1     14
Ards 10 1     11
Armagh and South Down 5       5
Belfast 26       26
Craigavon 6 1     7
Fermanagh and Tyrone 8       8
Londonderry 4       4
Total 72 3     75

Table 20: Outstanding small claims with notice of dispute (NOD)

Antrim 74
Ards 92
Armagh and South Down 53
Belfast 155
Craigavon 51
Fermanagh and Tyrone 105
Londonderry 49
Total 579

Table 21: Time intervals in weeks

  Issue to disposal
Case Antrim 21
Ards 19
Armagh and South Down 28
Belfast 16
Craigavon 21
Fermanagh and Tyrone 18
Londonderry 35
Total 20
Application Antrim 7
Ards 8
Armagh and South Down 6
Belfast 4
Craigavon 11
Fermanagh and Tyrone 6
Londonderry 10
Total 6

Excludes default judgements, non-court disposals and office disposals

Criminal Damage

Table 22: Number of criminal damage cases and applications received

Case Belfast 4
Craigavon 1
Total 5
Application Craigavon 1
Total 1

Table 23: Number of criminal damage cases and applications disposed

  Court disposal Total
Case Belfast 13 13
Total 13 13
Application Craigavon 1 1
Total 1 1

Table 24: Outstanding criminal damage cases

Ards 2
Armagh and South Down 4
Belfast 55
Craigavon 16
Fermanagh and Tyrone 4
Londonderry 2
Total 83

Table 25: Time intervals in weeks

  Issue to disposal
Case Belfast 134
Total 134
Application Craigavon 1
Total 1

Excludes default judgements and office disposals

Divorces

Table 26: Divorce petitions by type of decrees Nisi

  2 years with consent 5 years separation Adultery Unreasonable behaviour Combination of grounds/other Total
Antrim 23 19 2 9 4 57
Ards 15 18 1 2 4 40
Armagh and South Down 15 11 3 3 4 36
Belfast 46 28 2 4 2 82
Craigavon 26 16   3 2 47
Fermanagh and Tyrone 10 18   1 2 31
Londonderry 18 14   9 6 47
Total 153 124 8 31 24 340

Table 27: Divorce petitions by number of absolutes issued

  2 years with consent 5 years separation Adultery Unreasonable behaviour Combination of grounds/other Total
Antrim 23 19   4 2 48
Ards 23 12 1 2 1 39
Armagh and South Down 8 6 2 4 5 25
Belfast 40 28 2 1 1 72
Craigavon 23 25   2 2 52
Fermanagh and Tyrone 14 10 2 7 3 36
Londonderry 19 23   13 4 59
Total 150 123 7 33 18 331

Table 28: Matrimonial applications received

  Ancillary relief Matrimonial application to a master Other Total
Antrim 5   3 8
Ards 2 1 1 4
Armagh and South Down 3   2 5
Belfast 5 1 14 20
Craigavon 2     2
Fermanagh and Tyrone 2     2
Londonderry 13   4 17
Total 32 2 24 58

Table 29: Matrimonial applications disposed

  Ancillary relief Matrimonial application to a master Other Total
Antrim 3   1 4
Ards 1 1   2
Armagh and South Down 8     8
Belfast 6     6
Craigavon 4     4
Family Division   1   1
Fermanagh and Tyrone 3 1   4
Londonderry 10   4 14
Total 35 3 5 43

Table 30: Time intervals in weeks for divorce petitions

  Issue to date decree granted Date decree granted to date absolute issued
Antrim 38 7
Ards 27 6
Armagh and South Down 29 7
Belfast 28 9
Craigavon 20 7
Fermanagh and Tyrone 41 7
Londonderry 40 8
Total 31 8

Table 31: Time intervals in weeks for divorce applications

  Issue to disposal
Antrim 42
Ards 35
Armagh and South Down 49
Belfast 10
Craigavon 40
Fermanagh and Tyrone 35
Londonderry 82
Total 51

Excludes non-court disposals

Licences

Table 32: Licences received and disposed

  Licences Received Licences Disposed
Antrim 10 7
Ards 6 6
Armagh and South Down 3 7
Belfast 18 18
Craigavon 5 6
Fermanagh and Tyrone 7 7
Londonderry 4 6
Total 53 57

Sitting Days

Table 33: County Court Sitting Days

  Total time Total criminal time Total civil time Total family time
Number of sitting days Average sitting Total time
Antrim 134 03:10:57 426:28:39 265:56:57 153:01:42 07:30:00
Ards 108 02:55:02 315:05:00 169:59:00 139:41:00 05:25:00
Armagh and South Down 126 03:17:14 414:13:00 237:14:00 141:41:00 35:18:00
Belfast 380 03:45:53 1430:37:21 855:31:00 402:15:21 172:51:00
Craigavon 118 03:32:16 417:29:00 150:45:00 149:55:00 116:49:00
Fermanagh and Tyrone 116 03:24:43 395:48:24 225:40:24 151:54:00 18:14:00
Londonderry 124 03:06:27 385:20:14 242:58:00 107:12:14 35:10:00
Total 1106 03:25:20 3785:01:38 2148:04:21 1245:40:17 391:17:00

A court sitting day is counted as any day where the judiciary sit in court. It does not include time in chambers or days where the judiciary are sitting in chambers