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List Of Honorary Recorders
This is a list of the current titular and honorary recorders in the Courts of England and Wales, together with the Crown Court venue at which they sit. The title of ''honorary recorder'' is awarded by a borough council to a judge who sits at the Crown Court within or associated with their area. It is intended to mark the link between the administration and judiciary. Conventionally the title is bestowed upon the resident judge, who is appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to be the most senior circuit judge sitting at that Crown Court. Titular recorders *Recorder of Liverpool (Judge Andrew Menary QC) (Liverpool)(honorary since 1971) *Recorder of London (Judge Mark Lucraft, QC) (Central Criminal Court) *Recorder of Manchester (Judge Nicholas Dean, QC) (Manchester)(honorary since 1971) Honorary recorders *Recorder of Aylesbury (Judge Francis Sheridan) (Aylesbury) *Recorder of Birmingham (Judge Melbourne Inman QC) (Birmingham) *Recorder of Bolton (Judge Walsh) (Bolton) *Recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courts Of England And Wales
The courts of England and Wales, supported administratively by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales. The United Kingdom does not have a single unified legal system—England and Wales has one system, Scotland another, and Northern Ireland a third. There are exceptions to this rule; for example in immigration law, the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal's jurisdiction covers the whole of the United Kingdom, while in employment law there is a single system of employment tribunals for England, Wales, and Scotland but not Northern Ireland. Additionally, the Military Court Service has jurisdiction over all members of the armed forces of the United Kingdom in relation to offences against military law. The Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Crown Court, the County Court, and the magistrates' courts are administered by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, an exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge Crown Court
Cambridge Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at East Road, Cambridge, England. It was completed in 2004. History Until the early 21st century, crown court hearings were held in the Cambridge Guildhall. After the judicial facilities in the guildhall were deemed to be inadequate, the Lord Chancellor's Department decided to commission a new courthouse: the site chosen had originally accommodated a row of shops as well as a public house known as the "Wheelwright's Arms", which closed in 1960, and later accommodated Mackay's Garden Centre. The new building was procured under a Private finance initiative contract in 2001. It was designed by Austin-Smith:Lord in the modern style The Modern Style is a style of architecture, art, and design that first emerged in the United Kingdom in the mid-1880s. It is the first Art Nouveau style worldwide, and it represents the evolution of the Arts and Crafts movement which was native ..., built by Mowlem and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isleworth Crown Court
Isleworth Crown Court is a Crown Court centre which deals with criminal cases at 36 Ridgeway Road, Isleworth, London. History The site was originally been occupied by three large manor houses. However, following the Second World War, the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance acquired the site and demolished the houses with the intention of commissioning a hostel for paraplegics on the site. The main administration block was designed in the Neo-Georgian style, built in red brick and was officially opened as "Duchess of Gloucester House" by Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester in November 1949. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of seven bays facing onto Ridgeway Road. The central bay featured a stone panel engraved with the Royal cypher of King George VI. The building was fenestrated with tripartite casement windows on the ground floor and bi-partite casement windows on the first floor. In the late 1970s, the UK Government decided that such specialist support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Crown Court
Ipswich Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at Russell Road, Ipswich, England. It was completed in 2004. History Until the early 21st century, crown court hearings were held in the Civic Centre complex in Crown Drive, which was completed in the 1960s. After the judicial facilities in the Civic Centre were deemed to be inadequate, the Lord Chancellor's Department decided to commission a new courthouse: the site chosen formed part of the Ipswich Village Development. The new building was procured under a Private finance initiative contract in 2001. It was designed by Austin-Smith:Lord in the modern style The Modern Style is a style of architecture, art, and design that first emerged in the United Kingdom in the mid-1880s. It is the first Art Nouveau style worldwide, and it represents the evolution of the Arts and Crafts movement which was native ..., built by Mowlem and was officially opened by Lord Falconer on 15 October 2004. The design i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolwich Crown Court
Woolwich Crown Court, or more accurately the Crown Court at Woolwich, is located at 2 Belmarsh Road, Thamesmead is one of twelve Crown Court centres serving Greater London. It is adjacent to both HM Prison Belmarsh and Belmarsh Magistrates' Court. Operational from 1993, it has 12 courtrooms. Woolwich Crown Court was designed as a high-security courtroom and is now the preferred venue for terrorism trials. A tunnel links the court to the maximum-security HM Prison Belmarsh. This provides a secure route for bringing defendants in high-profile terrorist cases before the court. Armed police can be deployed to provide security. On 15 January 2007, Woolwich Crown Court began hearing the trial of the six men accused of attempting the 21 July 2005 London bombings on the London transport network. It was also the venue for the trials of those charged with offences from the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot and the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary The Hatton Garden safe deposit burgla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester Crown Court
Gloucester Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at Bearland, Gloucester, England. The court, which is located at the back of Gloucester Shire Hall, is a grade II listed building. History The original venue for judicial hearings in Gloucester was the Booth Hall in Westgate Street which dated from the mid-16th century. However, it was also used as an entertainment venue and, by the early 19th century, it became necessary to commission a dedicated courthouse. The building was designed by Sir Robert Smirke in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and opened in August 1816. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage in the form of a polygon of nine equal sides facing onto Bearland. The central bay featured a portico, which was projected forward, contained a round headed doorway with a fanlight and was surmounted by a parapet; it was flanked by single-storey porters' offices on either side. The main two-storey structure behind was fenestrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exeter Crown Court
The Exeter Law Courts is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Southernhay Gardens, Exeter, England. History Until the early 21st century all criminal and civil court hearings were held in the old Law Courts at Exeter Castle. However, as the number of court cases in Exeter grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for both Crown Court hearings and County Court hearings. The site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department had formed part of the original site of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital at Southernhay. The new building was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2002. It was designed by Jacobs Babtie in the Modernist style, built by Sir Robert McAlpine at a cost of £20 million and was completed in 2004. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage facing west along Southernhay Gardens. The left hand section was faced in white cladding and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recorder Of Exeter
The Recorder of Exeter was a recorder, a form of senior judicial officer, usually an experienced barrister, within the jurisdiction of the City of Exeter in Devon. Historically he was usually a member of the Devonshire gentry. The position of recorder of any borough or city carried a great deal of prestige and power of patronage. The recorder was often entrusted by the mayor and corporation to nominate its members of parliament, as was the case with Sir Hugh I Pollard (fl. 1536, 1545), Recorder of Barnstaple, who in 1545 nominated the two MP's to represent the Borough of Barnstaple. In the 19th century a recorder was the sole judge who presided at a Quarter Sessions of a Borough, a "Court of Record", and was a barrister of at least five years' standing. He fixed the dates of the Quarter Sessions at his own discretion "as long as he holds it once every quarter of a year", or more often if he deemed fit. List of Recorders of Exeter *(1514–1544) (1st term) Sir Thomas Denys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick Crown Court
The Warwickshire Justice Centre is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Newbold Terrace, Leamington Spa, England. The complex also incorporates magistrates' court, a police station, and other agencies such as the Probation Service and Victim Support. History Until the early 21th century, the Crown and County Courts in Warwickshire were based at Shire Hall in Warwick. However, as the number of court cases in the county grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for both Crown Court hearings and County Court hearings. The site selected by the Ministry of Justice, on the northwest side of Newbold Terrace, had been occupied by a row of Regency style houses erected in the mid-19th century. These buildings had been badly damaged by German bombing during the Second World War and replaced by a series of low-rise buildings including some government offices, a magistrates' court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Crown Court
Chester Crown Court is a judicial facility at Castle Square in Chester, Cheshire. The building, which forms part of a series of imposing buildings at Chester Castle, is a Grade I listed building. History The current building replaced a previous shire hall which had been built just outside the main gate in 1310 but which was in a derelict state by the late 18th century. In 1785 the justices insisted that an architectural competition be held for a new shire hall as well as a new prison to be located behind the new shire hall: the site selected for the new complex formed part of the outer bailey of the castle. Work on the new complex began with the demolition of the old buildings in 1788. The new shire hall was designed by Thomas Harrison and completed in 1801. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with nineteen bays facing onto Castle Square with the end bays projecting forwards slightly; the central section of seven bays featured a large hexastyle portico with twelve Dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelmsford Crown Court
Chemsford Crown Court is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, in New Street, Chelmsford, England. History Until the early 1980s, all criminal court hearings in Chelmsford were held in the Shire Hall on the north side of Tindal Square. However, as the number of court cases in Chelmsford grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for criminal matters: the site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department had been occupied by a residential area known as Marriages Square, which had dated back at least to the early 19th century, but which was cleared away in 1953. The new building was designed by the Property Services Agency in the Modernist style, built in brown brick at a cost of £5.6 million, and was completed in 1982. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage facing onto New Street. The central section, which was projected forward, featured five glass doors on the left hand side; on the first floor the central section was canti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlisle Crown Court
The Carlisle Courts of Justice is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, and a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Earl Street, Carlisle, England. History Until the early 1990s, all criminal court hearings in Carlisle were held in the Carlisle Citadel. However, as the number of court cases in Carlisle grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for criminal matters: the site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department had been occupied by Hetherington's Cattle Auction Market which dated back at least to the mid-19th century. The new building was designed by Napper Collerton in the Modernist style, built in red brick with stone dressings at a cost of £9.3 million, and was completed in 1992. The design involved a broadly symmetrical main frontage facing south down Earl Street with the end bays projected forward as pavilions. The central bay, which was also projected forward, featured a revolving door on the ground floor, a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
