HC Deb 24 February 1998 vol 307 cc150-2W
Mr. McNulty

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the Civil Justice Council. [31326]

Mr. Hoon

The Lord Chancellor has appointed the members of the Civil Justice Council. They are:

  • Chairman: Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls
  • Vice-Chairman: Sir Richard Scott, Vice-Chancellor
  • Vicki Chapman
  • Stephen Cragg
  • Carlos Dabezies
  • Professor Robert Dingwall
  • District Judge Godfrey Evans
  • David Gladwell
  • Hilary Heilbron QC
  • Lord Justice Henry
  • Henry Hodge OBE
  • Ashley Holmes
  • Peter Jacob
  • Vicky Ling
  • Michael Napier
  • Professor Martin Partington
  • Judge Sessions
  • District Judge Monty Trent
  • Owen Tudor
  • Tim Wallis

Average per court Default and fixed date summons Warrants Company winding-up petitions Bankrupt petitions: creditors Bankrupt petitions: debtors High Court work Divorce petitions filed Mortgage possession actions entered Trials heard Arbitrations heard
1987 8,927 4,712 8 18 8 515 654 298 87 172
1988 8,521 4,920 9 21 7 542 651 272 83 212
1989 9,639 4,937 10 27 7 681 650 336 91 205
1990 9,445 5,433 16 32 15 925 693 532 91 192
1991 9,177 5,985 23 49 35 915 651 679 94 225
1992 8,320 5,902 27 61 57 687 689 517 97 292
1993 6,626 4,805 26 59 52 574 673 424 92 386
1994 5,643 4,097 30 52 46 463 662 332 91 271
1995 5,436 3,981 28 42 37 481 672 325 95 340
1996 5,210 3,298 28 37 40 455 704 316 78 372
1997 5,148 3,126 28 37 38 419 677 278 64 406

Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what volume of work was undertaken in(a) Shrewsbury and (b) Telford County Courts in each year between 1980 and 1989. [30181]

Mr. Hoon

The information for 1987 to 1989 is as follows. Figures prior to 1987 are only available as a total for England and Wales.

1987 1988 1989
Shrewsbury
Default and fixed date summons 3,282 3,246 3,999
Warrants 1,918 1,687 1,691
Company winding-up petitions 9 9 9
Bankrupt petitions—creditors 41 36 55
Bankrupt petitions—debtors 21 9 14
High Court work 707 559 619
Divorce petitions filed 1,441 1,524 785
Mortgage possession actions entered 101 126 140
Trials heard 26 74 26
Arbitrations heard 88 93 128

  • Ashton West
  • Marlene Winfield.

In accordance with the Civil Procedure Act 1977, the Lord Chancellor has chosen members with a wide range of experience in the civil justice field, including members of the judiciary and the legal professions, civil servants concerned with the administration of the courts, persons with experience in and knowledge of consumer affairs and the lay advice sector, and persons able to represent the interests of particular kinds of litigants. The Council will meet for the first time in March.

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