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TABLE 25
PROBATE MATTERS DISPOSED OF IN 2012 - 2013 BY TIME TO DISPOSITION
Subtype

No. of
Matters
Determined
2012/13

Time to Disposition (Year Filed)
<1 yr
2012/2013

1< 2 yrs
2< 3 yrs
3< 4yrs
4< 5 yrs
5< 6 yrs
2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008

6+ yrs
Before
2007

TOTAL

3538

982

1500

497

245

125

52

137

%

100

27.8

42.4

14

6.9

3.5

1.5

3.9

Large Estates

3290

788

1459

491

243

123

52

134

Small Estates

248

194

41

6

2

2

0

3

Table 25 further examines the number of Probate applications that were disposed in
2012-2013 Law Term. The data is disaggregated by the year in which such applications
were actually filed, therefore giving an indication of the length of time an application
takes from filing to disposition.
Of the applications disposed in the period under review 27.8% or nine hundred and
eighty-two (982) were disposed in the year in which they were filed, 42.4% or one
thousand, five hundred (1500) were disposed within one (1) to two (2) years of filing
and 28.9% or one thousand and fifty-six (1056) were determined after two (2) years of
filing.
These findings suggest that over 70.1% of Probate applications are disposed within
two years of filing.

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