Laganside Court

Last Update: 19 Jun 2016 | General Update

  • Address: Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3HU
  • Use: Public Building
  • Floors: 5
  • Cost: £50,000,000
  • Planning Status: Approved
  • Project Status: Completed
  • Start Date: 1999
  • Completion Date: February 2002
  • Developer:

    NI Courts Service & Consul Services

  • Architect:

    Hurd Rolland

  • Contractor:

    Consul Services (Turkington Construction & Karl Group JV)

  • M & E Contractor:

    Blackbourne M&E

  • Structural Engineer:

    Doran

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The complex includes 16 Courtrooms comprising 6 Crown Courts, 5 County Courts and 5 Magistrates Courts. The project was procured under the Government’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.

In February 1999 the Court Service signed a 25 year agreement with Consul Services Ltd (a partnership between Turkington Construction and Karl Group) to design, finance, construct and operate the complex. This was among the first major PPP schemes to be completed in Northern Ireland and the first PPP courts’ project completed in the United Kingdom.

The new building was designated ‘Building of the Year’ for 2002 by the Royal Society of Ulster Architects.

On 26 February 2003 The Queen and Prince Philip officially opened the new £30m Laganside Courts Complex.

Laganside Court