Attorney General, Simon Corbell, has today declared the blitz on backlog of cases in the ACT Supreme Court a success with all matters listed during the blitz period addressed.

"The 'blitz' on cases, both criminal and civil, has been very successful in significantly reducing the backlog in the Supreme Court, but also has encouraged a cultural shift in the way matters are dealt with by all parties in the court," Mr Corbell said.

"The Government has worked closely with the courts as well as the legal profession and the Director of Public Prosecutions to ensure that this blitz on cases was successful, and I would like to thank the profession, DPP, Legal Aid ACT, and ACT Corrections for their cooperation during the blitz period."

The 'blitz' brought forward a pool of civil and criminal matters for two six week periods starting in April 2012. The government provided total additional funding of $1.2m for the appointment of two acting judges and additional support staff in the Court, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Legal Aid and other justice agencies to conduct the blitz.

During the 12 week blitz period 99 criminal matters were listed for hearing, and 90 have been dealt with.

50 defendants had changed their pleas and the Director of Public Prosecutions has declined to proceed in 13, meaning that a total of 63 of the 99 matters, or 73% were resolved without a hearing. 27 matters were heard and one 2 of which will be finalised over the next week.

7 criminal judgments have been reserved during the blitz, all of which have now been delivered. 

"Of the criminal matters heard, ordinarily the estimated time required for these matters would be 303 days of court time. They in fact took 51 days of court time during the blitz," Mr Corbell said.

"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%.

"The estimated court days scheduled to hear the civil matters was 395 and as a result of the blitz, only 86 days were used," Mr Corbell said.

There have been 25 reserved civil judgments with 16 of those delivered.

"The government has recently passed legislation in the Legislative Assembly that will provide the framework for the Court to start using a docket system to better use the courts time.

"The docket system will encourage parties to negotiate settlement at an early stage in proceedings, thus avoiding filling the Court's lists with unnecessary matters."

"The Government will continue to work with the courts and profession to ensure that these changes are fully implemented and to ensure all Canberrans have access to justice in a timely fashion."