A BACKLOG of cases in the ACT Supreme Court have been cleared following a 12-week judicial “blitz”.
The “blitz? brought forward a pool of civil and criminal matters for two six-week periods starting in April.
The Government provided additional funding of $1.2m for the appointment of two acting judges and support staff in the court, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Legal Aid and other justice agencies to conduct the blitz.
“Of the 115 civil matters listed for the blitz period, all have been dealt with, 85 matters have settled at a settlement rate of 74 per cent.
“The estimated court days scheduled to hear the civil matters was 395 and as a result of the blitz, only 86 days were used. There have been 25 reserved civil judgments with 16 of those delivered.”
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