Courts: Coronavirus

(asked on 8th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all planned Nightingale Courts are (a) open and (b) being used to full capacity.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 13th October 2020

The following 13 Nightingale Courts have opened

Site

Opening date

Former county court at Telford

17/08/2020

Former Magistrates court Fleetwood

24/08/2020

Prospero House, London

03/08/2020

Hertfordshire Development Centre

17/08/2020 Ended 28/08/2020

Chichester, East Pallant House

20/07/2020

Middlesbrough Town Hall

17/08/2020

Leeds, Cloth Hall Court

24/08/2020

Swansea Council Chambers

17/08/2020

102 Petty France - London

24/08/2020

Knights' chamber and visitor centre Peterborough Cathedral

28/08/2020

Manchester, The Lowry Theatre

28/09/2020

York, Hilton Hotel

29/09/2020

Middlesbrough – Jury’s Inn

30/09/2020

Nightingale courts are scheduled to open at the following locations during October

Site

Bristol

Chester

Liverpool

Winchester

An additional Nightingale court in Cirencester will open in due course.

These additional hearing venues are being rapidly set up to alleviate the pressure on courts and tribunals resulting from the pandemic and as such we are aiming to list cases to the maximum capacity.

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