| Teesside Combined Court Centre | |
|---|---|
 Teesside Combined Court Centre | |
| Location | Corporation Road, Middlesbrough |
| Coordinates | 54°34′31″N1°13′52″W / 54.5754°N 1.2312°W |
| Built | 1991 |
| Architect | Napper Collerton |
| Architectural style(s) | Post-modernist style |
  Shown in North Yorkshire | |
The Teesside Combined Court Centre is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, England.
Until the early 1970s, apart from an aging courtroom in Middlesbrough Town Hall, [1] there were no dedicated court facilities suitable for criminal trials in the area. [2] This was temporarily resolved when a new law courts building (now referred to as Middlesbrough Magistrates' Court) was opened in Victoria Square in 1973. [3] [4] However, as the number of court cases on Teesside grew, it became necessary to commission a courthouse with dedicated facilities for both Crown Court hearings, [5] which require courtrooms suitable for trial by jury, and for County Court hearings. [6] The site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department had been occupied by rows of terraced houses (Elm Street, Atkinson Street and Ash Street), [7] which were cleared away in the late 1970s for a development which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government cancelled in 1979. [8]
The new building was designed by Napper Collerton in the Post-modernist style, built by John Laing Construction in red brick with stone dressings at a cost of £15.1 million, [9] and was completed in 1991. [10] [11] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of nine bays facing onto Central Square Gardens. The central bay featured a two-storey portico formed by columns supporting a pyramid-shaped glass roof. Inside the portico there was a glass doorway on the ground floor and a Royal coat of arms at first floor level. The first and second floors were cantilevered out over the pavement and fenestrated by tall bi-partite windows split by full-height columns supporting an entablature and, in the two bays flanking the central bay, segmental pediments. Internally, the building was laid out to accommodate twelve courtrooms. [12]
A statue sculpted by Graham Ibbeson, entitled "Scales of Justice", which depicted two small squabbling children being held by a women, was unveiled outside the building in 1994. [13] [14]
Notable cases have included the trial and conviction of Robin Garbutt, in April 2011, for the murder of his wife, the Melsonby postmistress, Diane Garbutt. [15]
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I do not think that the work on Teesside is sufficient to justify a crown court with high court jurisdiction. Furthermore there are no Court buildings suitable for the purpose. Accordingly it will be necessary for Teesside cases to be tried at Assizes.