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TRENDS IN CUMULATIVE PERCENTS OF DETERMINED FAMILY HIGH
HAVING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE WITHIN DIFFERENT
NUMBERS OF WEEKS OF FILING

FIG 11
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80

60

40

Aug 09>Jul 10
Aug 10>July 11
Aug 11>Jul 12

20

0

Aug 12>Jul 13

< 1 week

1 week

2 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks

5 weeks 6 weeks 7 weeks 8 weeks 9 weeks 10 weeks 11 weeks 12 weeks > 12 weeks

0%

5%

15%

49%

68%

73%

77%

80%

82%

84%

86%

87%

88%

100%

0%

3%

15%

51%

63%

69%

73%

77%

80%

82%

84%

85%

86%

100%

2%

25%

36%

71%

85%

91%

94%

97%

98%

95% 100%

100%

100%

100%

1%

8%

22%

67%

84%

90%

93%

965

97%

99%

100%

100%

100%

99%

Using yet another measure of Court performance related to timeliness of determination, Figure 11 shows the
percentage of cases determined after different number of weeks. For instance, in the year 2009/10 73% of
the cases determined were determined within 24 weeks of filing. By 2010/11 the percentage of determined
matters that were determined within 24 weeks remained relatively constant yet dropped slightly to 69%.
However in 2011/12 the percentage of matters that were determined within 24 weeks indicated an all time
high of 91%. The precedent was very similar in 2012/13 where 90% of cases were determined within 24
weeks of filing.

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