Courthouse closes for nine months

The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service are undertaking works primarily designed to address faults with the roof of the Grade B listed building fronting onto the Ballymoney Road, which has resulted in significant water ingress to the building’s walls.

Additional works will also be undertaken to address the recommendations arising from a recent survey of the building’s accessibility, specifically with regard to disabled court users.

In the meantime, all Ballymena magistrates court business and family proceedings will be processed at Antrim courthouse .

All County Court business will be processed at Coleraine courthouse. All County Court licensing matters will be processed at Coleraine, while Ballymena magistrates court licensing will be dealt with at Antrim.

Solicitors have been asked to remind clients who have been remanded from Ballymena magistrates courts to a date after July 2 that this will be heard at Antrim.

Ballymena courthouse will reopen on Monday, April 4, 2011.