06 April 2020
Court Business At Belfast Magistrates' Court
The Operations Manager at Belfast Magistrates' Court has
requested the Society to forward the following information to members.
District Judge Bagnall has issued a revised schedule for
Laganside Courts to allow all paperwork and checks to be completed before
courts commence. These new arrangements take effect from Monday 6 April
2020.
The schedule has changed as below with a new starting
time of 10.00 for Belfast video link.
· Belfast video link cases
at 10 am.
· Belfast criminal cases (to
include Courts 9 and 10 lists) at 10.15am.
· Any other criminal lists
at 11am
· Late cases from Musgrave
from 11.15am.
· Family or Youth cases from
11.45.
The Society understands that the LCJ’s guidance
document which is available from www.judiciaryni.gov.uk will be updated to reflect
this.