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Table 19 Unrepresented Litigants at Summons for Directions Stage [1998 - 2000]
| Cases Started | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | ||||||
| Case Type | Total No. of Summons for Directions Hearings | No. of Hearings Involving Unrepresented Litigants | % | Total No. of Summons for Directions Hearings | No. of Hearings Involving Unrepresented Litigants | % | Total No. of Summons for Directions Hearings | No. of Hearings Involving Unrepresented Litigants | % |
| (a) | (b) | (b/a) | (c) | (d) | (d/c) | (e) | (f) | (f/e) | |
| High Court Actions | 873 | 218 | 25.0% | 455 | 135 | 29.7% | 76 | 23 | 30.3% |
| Admiralty Actions | 17 | 6 | 35.3% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 19 | 15 | 79.0% |
| Commercial Actions | 60 | 13 | 21.7% | 30 | 3 | 10% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Constitutional and Administration Law Proceedings | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 15 | 5 | 33.3% | 996 | 980 | 98.4% |
| Construction and Arbitration Proceedings | 17 | 0 | 0% | 43 | 6 | 14.0% | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Personal Injury Actions | 1192 | 63 | 5.3% | 1716 | 162 | 9.4% | 652 | 71 | 10.9% |
| Probate Actions | 2 | 1 | 50% | 5 | 1 | 20% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Notes
| (1) | Cases with hearing date on or before 31.12.2000 are covered. |
| (2) | Any one of the parties in a case not legally represented will be counted as an unrepresented case. |
| (3) | The data are presented at hearing level, i.e. one case may have more than one hearing. |
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