New Criminal Courts Complex – Courtroom Allocations
The Courts Service has published a list of the courtroom allocations that will operate in the new Criminal Courts Complex when business commences there on 7 December 2009.
GROUND FLOOR
On this floor there are five courtrooms, numbered 1 to 5. These are non-jury courtrooms.
Court 1: Business that is currently conducted in Court 8, Circuit Court, will be transferred to this court.
Courts 2 to 5: These will be District Courts. The business that is currently conducted in DMD District Courts 44, 45 and 46 will be reorganised and redistributed across these four courts. Saturday and night courts will be held in Court 2.
SECOND FLOOR
On this floor, there are five courtrooms, numbered 6 to 10.
Court 6: Business that is currently conducted in the High Court, court number 1, will be transferred to this court.
Court 7: Business that is currently conducted in Circuit Court number 24 will be transferred to this court.
Courts 8 to 10: These will be used for High Court, Circuit Court or District Court sittings as the need arises.
FOURTH FLOOR
On this floor, there are six courts, numbered 11 to 16.
Court 11: The Special Criminal Court will sit in this court. This is a non-jury courtroom.
Courts 12 to 15: These will be used for High Court, Circuit Court or District Court sittings as the need arises.
Court 16: The District Court Appeals Court will sit in this courtroom.
SIXTH FLOOR
There are six courts on this floor, numbered 17 to 22.
Courts 18 and 19: District Courts (most of the business that is currently conducted in Richmond Courts 50 and 52).
Courts 17, 20 and 21: These will be used for High Court, Circuit Court or District Court sittings as the need arises.
Court 22: The Court of Criminal Appeal will sit in this courtroom.
Cases involving CCTV viewing or video-conferencing: There is video (CCTV) viewing available in 11 of the 22 courtrooms. When a case is being listed for hearing, it should be brought to the court’s attention where such facilities are required in order to ensure that that case is assigned to a court with such facilities.
There is video-conferencing available in six courtrooms, and the same rule applies.