CJR Interim Report, Appendix B. Tables and Graphs, Table 10

Table 10

General Civil Actions - Interlocutory Activity ^(Note 1) by Type [Non-Provisional Bills Only]


Amount Recovered	Total No. of Cases	Pleadings		Discovery		Interrogatory		Time		Unless Order
Amount Recovered	Total No. of Cases
		No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%

< $120,000	12	2	17%	2	17%	0	0%	5	42%	2	17%

$120,000 To < 600,000	31	11	35%	4	13%	1	3%	18	58%	5	16%

$600,000 to < $1 M	9	4	44%	2	22%	0	0%	4	44%	3	33%

$1 M to < $3 M	19	11	58%	3	16%	1	5%	11	58%	2	11%

> $3 M	6	2	33%	2	33%	0	0%	2	33%	2	33%


< $ 1M	52	17	33%	8	15%	1	2%	27	52%	10	19%

< $3 M	71	28	39%	11	15%	2	3%	38	54%	12	17%


Sub-Total	77	30	39%	13	17%	2	3%	40	52%	14	18%


No Quantified Amount Recovered	125	43	34%	11	9%	2	2%	49	39%	15	12%

Amount Recovered	Total No. of Cases	Witness Statements		Expert Evidence		Injunction		Others ^(Note 2)		Interlocutory Appeal ^(Note 3)
Amount Recovered	Total No. of Cases
		No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%

< $120,000	12	1	8%	0	0%	1	8%	5	42%	1	8%

$120,000 To < 600,000	31	1	3%	0	0%	0	0%	12	39%	3	10%

$600,000 to < $1 M	9	1	11%	1	11%	0	0%	5	56%	1	11%

$ 1M to < $3 M	19	1	5%	1	5%	1	5%	13	68%	2	11%

> $3 M	6	1	17%	0	0%	0	0%	5	83%	0	0%


< $ 1M	52	3	6%	1	2%	1	2%	22	42%	5	10%

< $3 M	71	4	6%	2	3%	2	3%	35	49%	7	10%


Sub-Total	77	5	6%	2	3%	2	3%	40	52%	7	9%


Non Quantified Amount Recovered	125	0	0%	1	1%	13	10%	69	55%	16	13%

Notes:

(1)	See note 1 at Table 9. <back>
(2)	Others: See annex to Table 10. <back>
(3)	These are appeals from masters to judges in chambers. Interlocutory appeals from a judge in chambers to the Court of Appeal are dealt with under Part D - Appeals to the Court of Appeal. <back>

Annex to Table 10

Breakdown of the Interlocutory Activities Belonged to

"Others" in the General Civil Actions

	Categories	No. of Applications

I)	Application concerning the title of the parties
1.	Leave to the applicant be appointed to represent the estate of the deceased and carry on the proceedings	2
2.	Leave to add an additional defendant	4

II)	Vacation or adjournment of hearings
3.	Application to adjourn an application to a date to be fixed and with some directions suggested	6
4.	Consent summons to adjourn an application to a long hearing and vacate the hearing	2
5.	Application for OIT of the suggested directions	10
6.	Consent summons for directions and vacation of the hearing	9
7.	Leave to withdraw the summons and vacate hearing	6
8.	Consent summons to adjourn the hearing to be heard before a High Court judge	2
9.	Application for direction and to be listed for trial	3
10.	Application for the issue of liability be tried before the amount of damages to be awarded if liability is established	1
11.	Application for directions and to be tried together with another action	1
12.	Consent summons to adjourn the appeal and re-fix another hearing	2

III)	Various amendments
13.	Leave to amend the originating summons	2
14.	Leave to amend the petition	2
15.	Leave to amend the summons	4
16.	Leave to amend the order	12
17.	Leave to amend the hearsay notice	1
18.	Leave to amend the judgment	3

IV)	Enter judgment
19.	Unsuccessful application to enter judgment	7
20.	Consent summons to enter judgment for the plaintiff's claim and stay of proceedings pending the determination of the defendant's counterclaim	1
21.	Leave to withdraw a summons and ask to enter judgment on the terms suggested	1
22.	Unsuccessful summary judgment application	19

V)	Others
23.	Application for an order that the ship be appraised and sold by bailiff by public tender	1
24.	Application by the solicitors for leave to cease to act for the party	17
25.	Application for committal order	1
26.	Application to consolidate the present action with another action	1
27.	Application to continue the proceedings as if begun by writ	1
28.	Ex-parte application for leave to appeal	2
29.	Leave to cross-examine the deponents of the other parties on their respective affirmations at the petition hearing	2
30.	Application that the documents lodged by the defendant be examined by the Government Chemist	1
31.	Application declaring the writ has not been duly served on the defendant	1
32.	Application asking for leave that the order of decree nisi be made absolute.	1
33.	Leave to discontinue the action	2
34.	Application to dismiss the plaintiff's action for want of prosecution	6
35.	Unsuccessful application to dismiss the action	1
36.	Application to file further evidence to support or oppose another application	14
37.	Application to appoint an independent accountant to inquire and inspect the estate of the deceased	1
38.	Application requesting the defendant to make an interim payment on account of damages	2
39.	Application for interim periodic maintenance sum pending suit	1
40.	Ex-parte application to issue a concurrent writ out of jurisdiction	3
41.	Application for leave to apply for judicial review	2
42.	Application to provide the balance of the account (O.43) and verified by an affidavit	1
43.	Ex-parte application for leave to ask the plaintiff or the court to provide the estate account and related documents to the defendant	1
44.	Ex-parte application for leave to release a certified document from court of the probate of the estate	1
45.	Leave to reply to the respondent's notice for affirming the arbitration's award	1
46.	Application requiring the respondent to provide alternative comparable accommodation upon resumption of her existing accommodation	1
47.	Application for an order restraining the advertisement of the petition	1
48.	Application for security for costs	20
49.	Application for an order that the defendant's solicitors to stakehold a certain sum pending the outcome of the action	3
50.	Application to set aside the bankruptcy notice	1
51.	Application to set aside the default judgment	9
52.	Application to set aside the leave for judicial review	1
53.	Application to set aside an order	5
54.	Interim stay of execution pending the determination of a summons	4
55.	Application to stay the proceedings pending the determination of another action	2
56.	Application to stay the proceedings pending the determination of the appeal	9
57.	Application to stay the proceedings upon the plaintiff's undertaking to pay the interlocutory taxed costs in accordance with the schedule	1
58.	Application for an order that no person can open the envelope lodged by the defendant pending the determination of a summons for the trial of a preliminary issue	2
59.	Application to strike out the petition for winding-up order and restrain the advertisement of the petition	1
60.	Ex-parte application for substituted service on the defendant	1
61.	Application to transfer to the construction and arbitration list	2
62.	Application to transfer to the District Court	1
63.	Application of the ancillary relief of the suit be transferred to the High Court	1
64.	Leave to try the case during court vacation	1
65.	Application to vary the costs order	4
66.	Application to vary the order of the maintenance sum	1
67.	Application for an order that notwithstanding the winding-up order, payment made into or out of the bank accounts of the company in the ordinary course of the business and dispositions of property and goods of the company made in the ordinary course of its business for proper value and in good faith between the date of presentation of the petition and the date of judgment shall not be void	1
		Total: 236
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