WAITING PERIODS

The Supreme Court aims to serve the public and the legal community with impartiality, efficiency and professionalism in the administration of justice. Through proactive case management and statistical monitoring, the Supreme Court has consistently met the targets set for waiting periods in its major performance indicators: the disposal of civil and criminal matters, as well as enforcement proceedings. As part of the Supreme Court’s commitment to the provision of quality public service, the Supreme Court annually reviews the targets set to ensure that they are realistic and match international benchmarks. The Supreme Court endeavours to achieve 90%1 compliance of all targets set. For the past five years, the targets set have been consistently achieved.

Achievement of Key Performance Indicators

For the purpose of comparison, the average timelines for waiting periods achieved with respect to the Supreme Court’s key performance indicators are indicated in the tables that follow for the corresponding years of 2004 and 2005.

 

ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

 

ORIGINAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION

 

APPELLATE CIVIL JURISDICTION

 

APPELLATE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION

 

TAXATION & ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS

1   A review of the targets was conducted and the targets set for the Key Performance Indicators were raised from 85% to 90% from April 2005.
2

“Target achieved” refers to the average timelines attained for the period and excludes court vacations.

 

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