Supreme Court of Queensland Annual Report 2015 – 16 Table of contents Chief Justice’s Overview 2015-2016 ....................................................................... 1 Performance ............................................................................................................................. 1 Disposition of Caseload ............................................................................................................ 1 Trial Division ......................................................................................................................... 1 Criminal ............................................................................................................................ 1 Civil ................................................................................................................................... 1 Court of Appeal Division ....................................................................................................... 1 Overall .............................................................................................................................. 1 Rockhampton Courthouse ........................................................................................................ 2 Continuing Judicial Development ............................................................................................. 2 Chief Justice’s Calendar ........................................................................................................... 2 Admissions ............................................................................................................................... 3 International Aspects ................................................................................................................ 3 Judicial Resignations and Appointments .................................................................................. 3 Recognition .............................................................................................................................. 3 Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................... 3 Profile of the Supreme Court ................................................................................... 3 Judges of the Supreme Court .................................................................................................. 3 Office of the Chief Justice..................................................................................................... 3 Court of Appeal Division ....................................................................................................... 3 President .......................................................................................................................... 3 Judges of Appeal .............................................................................................................. 4 Trial Division ......................................................................................................................... 4 Senior Judge Administrator .............................................................................................. 4 Trial Division Judges ........................................................................................................ 4 Other Appointments ............................................................................................................. 4 Mental Health Court ......................................................................................................... 4 Land Appeal Court ........................................................................................................... 4 Industrial Court ................................................................................................................. 4 Court of Appeal Division .......................................................................................... 5 Governance .............................................................................................................................. 5 Organisational Structure ....................................................................................................... 5 Human Resourcing Issues ....................................................................................................... 6 Auscript .................................................................................................................................... 6 Performance ............................................................................................................................. 7 Disposal of Work .................................................................................................................. 7 Origin of Appeals .................................................................................................................. 7 Townsville Sittings .................................................................................................................... 8 Women Barristers in the Court of Appeal ................................................................................. 8 Self-Represented Litigants ....................................................................................................... 8 QPILCH ................................................................................................................................ 9 Self-Represented Success Rates......................................................................................... 9 Pro Bono Assistance ............................................................................................................ 9 Technology and Infrastructure ................................................................................................ 10 Future Directions and Challenges .......................................................................................... 10 Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................. 12 Appendix 2 ............................................................................................................................. 14 Supreme Court of Queensland (i) Annual Report 2015 – 2016 Trial Division ........................................................................................................... 15 The Work of the Trial Division ................................................................................................ 15 The Structure of the Trial Division .......................................................................................... 1 5 Developments ........................................................................................................................ 15 Criminal Jurisdiction ........................................................................................................... 16 Civil Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................. 17 Civil Jurisdiction — Brisbane .............................................................................................. 18 Case Flow Management ................................................................................................ 18 DPSOA ........................................................................................................................... 18 Commercial List .............................................................................................................. 1 8 Supervised Case List and SRL Supervised Case List .................................................... 19 Regions .............................................................................................................................. 20 Southern Region ............................................................................................................ 20 Central Region ............................................................................................................... 2 0 Northern Region ............................................................................................................. 21 Far Northern Region ....................................................................................................... 21 Land Appeal Court ................................................................................................. 22 Executive Director’s Overview .............................................................................. 23 Registry Services ................................................................................................................... 23 Registry Workloads ............................................................................................................ 23 Online Juror Questionnaires and Jury Management System ............................................. 24 Court Network Volunteers .................................................................................................. 24 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................ 24 Supreme Court of Queensland Library ................................................................. 25 Supreme Court Judges’ Associates 2016 ............................................................ 27 Judge 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