Mr. Robert Watt:

To add to what Dr. MacLellan said, the overwhelming number of cases are settled through mediation and do not go to court. A very small number go to court. Of the total, two went to court. There are still some outstanding that we have been trying to settle over the past number of years. In effect, the State receives the pleadings, which, as the Deputy knows, are about service delivery, the adequacy of service delivery and the suitability of service delivery, and reaches a judgment as to the merits of the case. It tries, in the main, to improve the service, engage the family or settle the case. This is the reality in the vast majority of these. The process of the information from different sources being shared is with a view to settling these cases.