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TABLE 9a NUMBER OF HIGH COURT CIVIL MATTERS FILED AND NUMBER DETERMINED 2012-2013 Filed 5230 Determined 5245 CPR 4922 RSC 308 Backlog Matters 15 TABLE 9b TEMPORARY JUDGES-TRIAL BACKLOG MATTERS DETERMINED FOR THE 2012-2013 LAW TERM Court No. of Judges Assigned No. of Matters Determined Port of Spain 10 San Fernando 5 Tobago This determined figure comprises four thousand, nine hundred and twenty-two (4922) CPR matters (trial and non-trial) as well as three hundred and eight (308) RSC matters determined by the permanent High Court Judges. There were fifteen (15) RSC matters which were determined by one (1) temporary Judge. TABLE 10 CPR TRIAL MATTERS DETERMINED BY TIME TAKEN TO DETERMINATION 2012-2013 Number of CPR Matters Determined 2012/13 < 1 yr (12/13) < 1 yr (12/11) 2+ yrs (05/11) 4457 1333 1353 1771 100 30 30 40 Total % 80 Reshaping the Judiciary Identity 0 Total Table 9a illustrates that the fact there were five thousand, two hundred and thirty (5230) new Civil Matters filed and five thousand, two hundred and forty-five (5245) Civil Matters determined for 2012-2013 law term. 1 1 15 Table 9b illustrates the number of temporary Judge(s) assigned to the backlog exercise as well as the number of matters determined by the Judge(s). One (1) Judge was assigned to backlog matters for the current Law Term 2012-2013, during that period fifteen (15) matters were determined. Of those matters determined, ten (10) matters were for Port of Spain and five (5) matters for San Fernando. No matters were determined for Tobago. Table 10 shows the total number of CPR trial matters determined by the respective periods in which they were filed. There were one thousand, three hundred and thirty-three (1333) matters or 30% determined within one (1) year of filing, one thousand, three hundred and fifty-three matters (1353) or 30% determined between one (1) and two (2) years of filing and one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-one (1771) matters or 40% taking more two (2) years to be determined. This meant that there were two thousand, six hundred and eighty-six (2686) matters or 60% being determined within two (2) years.