Ninety one ‘surplus’ courts face closure – BBC News

[Legal Beagles]

The government announces it is consulting on plans to close 91 courts and tribunals in England and Wales. The aim is to reduce what Justice Secretary Michael Gove has identified as “surplus capacity”. Courts under threat include 57 magistrates’ courts, 19 county courts, two crown courts, four tribunal hearing centres and nine combined courts. Her... Read more »
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[Amethyst]

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London
Bow County Court
Feltham Magistrates’ Court
Greenwich Magistrates’ Court
Hammersmith County Court (formerly West London County Court)
Lambeth County Court
Pocock Street Tribunal Hearing Centre
Richmond-upon-Thames Magistrates’ Court
Tottenham Magistrates’ Court
Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court
Woolwich County Court

Midlands
Birmingham Youth Court
Burton-upon-Trent Magistrates’ Court
Buxton Magistrates’ and County Court
Corby Magistrates’ Court
Grantham Magistrates’ Court
Hinckley Magistrates’ Court
Kettering County Court
Kettering Magistrates’ Court
Sandwell Magistrates’ Court
Shrewsbury Magistrates’ Court
Skegness Magistrates’ Court
Solihull Magistrates’ Court
Stafford Magistrates’ Court
Worksop Magistrates’ Court

North East
Consett Magistrates’ Court
Halifax County Court and Family Court
Halifax (Calderdale) Magistrates’ and Family Court
Hartlepool Magistrates’ Court and County Court
Morpeth County Court
Rotherham Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Family Court
Scunthorpe Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Family Court
Wakefield Magistrates’ Court

North West
Accrington County Court
Accrington Magistrates’ Court
Bolton County Court and Family Court
Bury Magistrates’ Court and County Court
Kendal Magistrates’ Court and County Court
Macclesfield County Court
Macclesfield Magistrates’ Court
Oldham County Court
Oldham Magistrates’ Court
Ormskirk Magistrates’ Court and Family Court
Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates’ Court
St Helens Magistrates’ Court and County Court
Stockport Magistrates’ Court and County Court
Tameside County Court
Trafford Magistrates’ Court and Altrincham County Court
Warrington County Court
West Cumbria Magistrates’ Court and County Court

South East
Aylesbury Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Family Court
Basildon Social Security and Child Support Tribunal (Acorn House)
Bedford and Mid Beds Magistrates’ Court and Family Court and Bedford County Court
and Family Court
Bicester Magistrates’ Court and Family Court
Bury St. Edmunds Magistrates’ Court and Family Court and Bury St. Edmunds Crown Court
Chichester Combined Court (Crown and County)
Chichester Magistrates’ Court
Colchester County Court and Family Court
Colchester County Court Offices
Dartford Magistrates’ Court
Dover Magistrates’ Court
Eastbourne Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Family Court
Harlow Magistrates’ Court
Kings Lynn County Court and Family Court
Lowestoft Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Family Court
Redhill Magistrates’ Court and Family Court and Reigate County Court and Family Court
St Albans County Court
Tunbridge Wells County Court and Family Court
Watford Magistrates’ Court and Family Court
West Berkshire (Newbury) Magistrates’ Court

South West
Barnstaple Crown Court
Bath Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Family Court or North Avon (Yate) Magistrates’
Court
Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court
Cheltenham Rivershill House Tribunal
Chippenham Magistrates’ Court, Civil Court and Family Court
Dorchester Crown Court
Fareham Magistrates’ Court
Gloucester Magistrates’ Court
North Avon (Yate) Magistrates’ Court or Bath Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Family
Court
Stroud Magistrates’ Court
Torquay Magistrates’ Court

Wales
Brecon Law Courts
Bridgend Law Courts
Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre
Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)
Dolgellau Crown and Magistrates’ Court
Holyhead Magistrates’ Court
Llangefni Civil and Family Court
Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court
Pontypridd Magistrates’ Court
Proposal on the provision of court and tribunal estate in England and Wales
Prestatyn Magistrates’ Court
Wrexham Tribunal (Rhyd Broughton)


In addition to proposed closures in this consultation the following integrations will be taking place.
Midlands
Chesterfield County Court to be integrated within Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court
(Chesterfield Justice Centre)
Chesterfield Tribunal (St Mary’s Court) to be integrated within Chesterfield Magistrates’
Court (Chesterfield Justice Centre)
Hereford County Court and Family Court to be integrated within Hereford Magistrates’
Court
Telford County Court and Family Court to be integrated within Telford Magistrates’ Court

North East
Doncaster County Court to be integrated within Doncaster Magistrates’ Court
Doncaster Tribunal (Portland Place) to be integrated within Doncaster Crown Court
Durham Elvet House Tribunal to be integrated within other tribunal sites within the County
Durham estate, including Durham County and Family Court
East Parade Sheffield Tribunal to be integrated within Sheffield Combined Court
Harrogate County Court to be integrated within Harrogate Magistrates’ Court
Middlesbrough Tribunal Hearing Centre to be integrated within Teesside Magistrates’
Court
Quayside House Newcastle Tribunal to be integrated within North Shields (Kings Court)
Tribunal
Wilberforce Court (Hull Employment Tribunal Centre) to be integrated within Hull
Magistrates’ Court and Hull Combined Court

North West
Bolton Magistrates’ Court to be integrated within Bolton Combined Court
Lancaster County Court to be integrated within Lancaster Magistrates’ Court
Warrington Magistrates’ Court to be integrated within Warrington Combined Court
South East
Aylesbury Crown Court to be integrated within Aylesbury Magistrates’ Court, County Court
and Family Hearing Centre building
Bury St Edmunds Employment Tribunal (Government Buildings) to be integrated within
Bury St Edmunds County Court
Cambridge Social Security and Child Support Tribunal (Eastbrook House) – Cambridge
Tribunal to be integrated within Cambridge Civil Justice centre and Cambridge
Magistrates’ Court
Cambridge Residential Property Tribunal Service to be integrated within Cambridge Civil
Justice Centre
Norwich Employment Tribunal (Eliot House) integrated within Norwich Magistrates’ Court
Southend County Court and Family Court to be integrated within Southend Crown and
Magistrates’ Court

South West
Aldershot and Farnham County Court to be integrated within Aldershot Magistrates’ Court
Arcade Chambers (Aldershot Tribunal) to be integrated within Aldershot Magistrates’
Court
Plymouth St Catherine’s House (Plymouth Tribunal) to be integrated within Plymouth
Combined and Plymouth Magistrates’ Court
Southampton Western Range and Barrack Block to be integrated within Southampton
Magistrates’ Court
Taunton Blackdown House (Taunton Tribunal) to be integrated within Taunton Deane
Magistrates’ Court
The Crescent Centre (Bristol Tribunal) to be integrated within Bristol Civil Justice Centre
Weymouth and Dorchester Combined Court offices to be integrated within Weymouth
Magistrates Court
Yeovil County Court to be integrated within South Somerset and Mendip Magistrates
Court (Yeovil)

Wales
Caernarfon Civil and Family Court to be integrated within Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre
Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall) to be integrated within Swansea Crown Court (St Helens)

[Nibbler]

Re: Ninety one ‘surplus’ courts face closure – BBC News

If all those are surplus, no wonder most lawyers and judges I've met spend so much time at the other sort of 'bar'.

[PAWS]

Re: Ninety one ‘surplus’ courts face closure – BBC News

Northampton seems to be busy enough!

[des8]

Re: Ninety one ‘surplus’ courts face closure – BBC News

Five years ago Cardigan "lost" its magistrates court, already have the County Court removed.
This means a 30 mile+ trip to court houses in Carmarthen or Aberystwyth.
Carmarthen now schedule to lose.
For those without their own transport it's a nightmare.
And I always thought justice was supposed to be available and local (but not apparently if you don't have the means of accessing it!)

[Amethyst]

Re: Ninety one ‘surplus’ courts face closure – BBC News

http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/9...refurbishment/ - on closure list.

What are they intending on doing with the buildings?

[PAWS]

Re: Ninety one ‘surplus’ courts face closure – BBC News

Like the old high street banks they will be turned into theme pubs!