The West Kowloon Law Courts Building is a courthouse in Sham Shui Po,

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, Hong Kong. It sits at the junction of Tung Chau Street and Tonkin Street West, beside the elevated West Kowloon Corridor.

History

The new building was proposed in 2009 to consolidate under one roof the Tsuen Wan Magistrates’ Courts, Small Claims Tribunal, Coroner’s Courts, Obscene Articles Tribunal, and other facilities. It also addresses a shortfall in the number of available courtrooms. The contract for the design and construction of the courthouse was awarded to Shui On Construction in 2012. The building was completed in 2016. The Small Claims Tribunal relocated to the new courthouse on 19 September 2016. The Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Courts followed on 28 December 2016, and was renamed the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts. The Coroner's Court and the Obscene Articles Tribunal moved on 16 January 2017.

Description

The courthouse provides a total net operational floor area (NOFA) of about . This figure does not include service areas like corridors, car parking, lobbies, balconies, etc. The total floor area has been quoted as being about . It is much larger than a standard Hong Kong courthouse, and as such has been referred to as the "mega court" in local media.

Transport

The new courts building is roughly equidistant to both

Nam Cheong station Nam Cheong is a MTR interchange station located at ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong opposite the Fu Cheong Estate. It is served by the Tung Chung and Tuen Ma lines and provides cross-platform interchange ...

and

Cheung Sha Wan station Cheung Sha Wan () is an underground station located underneath Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po District on the of Hong Kong MTR, between and . It was opened on 17 May 1982. The station's colour is Yellow brown. The station was origina ...

of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR). It is about a 10 minute walk from both stations.

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