Litigants are waiting for as long as five years for judgments to be delivered after cases are heard in Perth's Federal Circuit Court, which has appointed a new judge to deal with a backlog of hundreds of cases.

Delays in the court, which handles less complex matters in jurisdictions such as bankruptcy, migration and family law usually heard in the Federal Court, has been a cause for frustration among Perth lawyers.

Some litigants are waiting for as long as five years for judgments of the Federal Circuit Court in Perth. Credit:Nathan Hondros

According to the court, there have been 727 matters filed in the court's Perth registry in the past 12 months, with a backlog of 734 matters waiting to be heard.

A recently delivered judgment relating to a Sri Lankan asylum seeker took five years to be handed down after being heard in November and December, 2013.