Cases

Summary 2002 to 2012

Cases Filed
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Complete applications for leave to appeal	523	550	568	544	506	602	528	542	488	557	548
Notices of appeal as of right	13	12	12	16	7	16	18	14	24	12	15
Applications for Leave
Submitted to the Court	498	609	559	575	477	629	509	518	465	541	557
Granted (pending)	53	75	83	65	55	69	51	59	55	69(4)	65(47)
Percentage granted	11	12	15	11	12	11	10	11	12	13	12*
Appeals Heard
Total number	72	82	83	93	80	53	82	72	65	70	78
As of right	16	16	13	13	13	10	16	12	15	19	15
By leave	56	66	70	80	67	43	66	60	50	51	63
Hearing days	51	56	61	62	56	46	60	55	51	60	65
Appeal Judgments
Total number	88	81	78	89	79	58	74	70	69	71	83
Delivered from the bench	20	19	16	17	4	2	5	2	4	8	8
Delivered after being reserved	68	62	62	72	75	56	69	68	65	63	75
Unanimous	61	62	57	65	63	36	56	44	52	53	60
Split	27	19	21	24	16	22	18	26	17	18	23
Percentage of unanimous judgments	69	76	73	73	80	62	76	63	75	75	72
Appeals standing for judgment at the end of each year	25	25	32	35	35	30	38	40	36	35	30
Average Time Lapses (in months)
Between filing of application for leave and decision on application for leave	5.7	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.2	3.2	3.4	4.1	4.4
Between date leave granted (or date notice of appeal as of right filed) and hearing	12.2	10.5	9.4	9.1	7.7	9.0	8.9	7.6	7.7	8.7	9.0
Between hearing and judgment	5.6	5.1	4.0	5.2	5.9	6.6	4.8	7.4	7.7	6.2	6.3

All applications for leave, appeals and judgments are counted by individual file number.

* This percentage may change once all pending leave applications are decided.