§ Mr. Silvermanasked the Attorney-General what are the present arrears of defended and undefended divorce actions, respectively; and whether any judges have been taken off this work recently?
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe number of undefended cases awaiting trial on the 16th October is 1,465, and the number of defended cases 1,106. The earliest cases in the former list were set down in April and in the latter list in February of this year.
In answer to the second part of the question, Mr. Justice Bucknill was engaged for 14 days last term on the Thetis Inquiry.