Olympic shutdown

Courts and tribunals near Olympic venues are to close or offer a reduced service during the Games.

The Royal Courts of Justice will aim to complete trials in the week prior to the Games and will hear emergency applications only on 30 and 31 July.

The county courts at Bow and Woolwich will operate different session times.
The family proceedings court at Stratford will hear emergency orders only for the duration of the Games, while the service at the Inner London family proceedings court, at Wells Street, will be reduced to three courtrooms.

Tribunals will aim to avoid the Games period. Special arrangements will be made for hearings at the East London, Fox Court and Taylor House tribunals.

An HMCTS spokesperson says: “Most of the courts and tribunals in London will be operating normally during the Olympics, and will deal with all urgent applications and cases.

“We have only reduced court and tribunal sittings at those buildings close to Olympic venues and known travel hotspots and are in the process of rescheduling listings to ensure that any displaced work is dealt with either before or in the weeks immediately after the Games.”