Committee Reports::Report - Courts of Justice Act 1924 and the civil jurisdiction of the Courts::06 November, 1930::Appendix

APPENDIX 4.

APPEALS FROM CIRCUIT COURT.

(Return furnished by the Department of Justice).



1. The total number of Circuit Court Appeals entered for hearing from the coming into operation of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, until the

 

1st December, 1929

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2,232

2. Number of Appeals heard (including those withdrawn and struck out)


(a) By the High Court Judges

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1,493

(b) By the Temporary Commissioners appointed under the Circuit

 

Court Appeals Act, 1927 (April—November, 1927)

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527

Total

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2,020

(c) Remaining to be heard on 1st December, 1929

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212

3. The 2,020 Cases disposed of may be classified as follows:—


(a) Original decision affirmed

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789

(b) Original decision reversed, varied or remitted

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455

(c) Withdrawn or struck out

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776

Total

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2,020

4. The Appeals came from the various Circuits in the following proportions, viz.:—


Dublin


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335

Cork


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235

Northern


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152

Western


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366

Midland


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302

Eastern


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253

South-Western


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355

Southern


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234

Total


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2,232

5. The following is the approximate No. of Appeals which were awaiting hearing on—


1st April, 1927


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527

1st January, 1928


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96

1st January, 1929


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164

6. From the 23rd July, 1928, the date of passing of the Courts of Justice Act, 1928, (No. 15 of 1928), under which power was given to admit additional evidence to the end of 1929, additional evidence was admitted in 12 Cases.


7. On the average, two Judges sitting together dispose of about 4 Appeals per day.


8. The average length of the Transcript of Stenographer’s Notes is about 130 folios; 2d. per folio (i.e., about £1 in all on an average) is charged by the State for supplying copies of these Notes.