Guidance

Gwent magistrates' courts: consultation response

Government response on close consultation to Abergavenny Magistrates' Court and Caerphilly Magistrates' Court.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 9 July 2015

Documents

Response to the proposal on the future of magistrates’ courts in Gwent: Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court and Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court

PDF, 118 KB, 27 pages

Response to the proposal on the future of magistrates’ courts in Gwent: Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court and Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court (Welsh language version)

PDF, 174 KB, 28 pages

Impact assessment

PDF, 77.2 KB, 14 pages

Impact assessment (Welsh language version)

PDF, 169 KB, 14 pages

Details

The department received 31 responses to this consultation.

As a result of this consultation, the Lord Chancellor, has decided that Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court and Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court should close.

The majority of the workload should then be moved to Newport Magistrates’ Court and Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court.

Following the response the local Judicial Business Group (JBG) is invited to consult on potential changes to Local Justice Area (LJA) boundaries.

Published 9 July 2015