Court complex planned for Manchester

Permanent Secretary in the Justice Ministry, Carol Palmer, said the government is planning to build a regional divisional court complex at Kingsland in Manchester.



She said this is a change from the original plan of building a new Resident Magistrate’s Court (RCM).



The complex would have the capacity to accommodate a regional circuit court, a resident magistrate court, coroner’s court, traffic court, petty sessions court and other courts.



The projected cost of the complex is $1.2 billion and Ms. Palmer said the tender process would be opened shortly.



The Permanent Secretary was representing Justice Minister, Dorothy Lightbourne at the half yearly meeting of the Manchester Lay Magistrate’s Association in Mandeville yesterday.