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Cases Disposed of by Various Magistrates' Courts, 2004 – 2010*

Year	Condition of case	Criminal	Traffic	Land	Succession	Affiliation	Miscellaneous	Civil	Total
2004	Filed	189,642	131,285	604	3,944	1,807	2,618	31,476	361,376
	Pending	77,316	358,733	2,199	7,303	1,060	4,659	89,472	540,742
	Disposed of	166,177	166,117	428	4,012	1,518	2,588	23,749	364,589
2005	Filed	171,775	173,680	799	3,583	1,242	5,100	34,628	390,807
	Pending	82,212	378,519	1,509	6,487	3,465	5,216	103,804	581,212
	Disposed of	165,511	147,525	476	2,674	918	3,915	19,574	340,593
2006	Filed	195,098	188,533	1,439	4,146	346	5,380	28,697	423,639
	Pending	127,837	552,438	2,618	30,722	1,191	4,878	94,453	814,137
	Disposed of	178,608	167,637	1,213	3,539	198	5,243	39,646	396,084
2007	Filed	184,980	171,401	1,758	4,464	617	15,688	29,189	408,097
	Pending	149,494	478,302	4,154	9,356	849	15,231	123,386	780,772
	Disposed of	203,102	239,260	1,543	3,145	487	14,060	39,191	500,788
2008*	Filed	132,195	102,713	1,732	3,313	1,985	22,366	24,413	288,717
	Pending	110,096	401,433	6,750	10,360	2,887	6,856	107,318	645,700
	Disposed of	124,315	126,418	2,860	2,738	1,518	22,187	21,412	301,448
2009	Filed	181,151	136,920	1,673	4,889	1,412	33,816	41,434	401,295
	Pending	110,084	358,393	3,548	10,395	378	32,590	181,338	696,726
	Disposed of	166,320	166,945	8,129	3,900	1,522	31,431	42,654	420,901
	Filed	160,516	135,672	1,797	4,707	325	29,470	36,838	364,293
2010*	Pending	112,332	265,435	4,235	13,853	3269	19,100	177,883	578,985
	Disposed of	168,278	243,035	1,320	3,481	196	28,871	41,418	482,922

Source: Judiciary
* Provisional
Key
1. F refers to all cases brought before the magistrates' courts during the year under reference
2. P cases refer to the cases which had not been arbitrated on by 31^st December during the year under reference
3. D refers to cases that judgment was entered by 31^st December during the year under reference
4. All cases in Table 214 exclude those of High Courts and the Court of Appeal

Tables are sourced from ‘Statistical Abstract 2011’