Table 6 Disposal of HCA,
HCCL, and HCCT Cases by Default Judgment [1998 - 2000]
|
Case Type |
High
Court Actions |
Commercial
Actions |
Construction
and Arbitration Proceedings |
|
|
|
Cases
Filed in |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
|
|
Caseload (a) |
22482 |
19733 |
10704 |
308 |
235 |
110 |
137 |
128 |
140 |
|
|
in 1998 |
11156 |
- |
- |
42 |
- |
- |
18 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in 1999 |
2670 |
10501 |
- |
18 |
27 |
- |
6 |
19 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Default
Judgment Entered |
in 2000 |
164 |
2161 |
5249 |
2 |
18 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated Total (b) |
13990 |
12662 |
5249 |
62 |
45 |
4 |
24 |
29 |
31 |
|
|
Percentage of Caseload
(b/a) |
62.3% |
64.2% |
49% |
20.1% |
19.2% |
3.6% |
17.5% |
22.7% |
22.1% |
|
Note
(1) |
The data are presented
at case level, i.e. one case may have more than one default judgment. For cases involving
more than one defendant, only those with default judgment entered against each and every
defendant are counted. |
|