Source: http://www.europasur.es/article/gibraltar/886721/gibraltar/tendra/palacio/justicia/mezcla/tradicion/y/modernidad.html
Eva Reyes / Gibraltar Updated 23.01.2011 - 01:00
Gibraltar will have this year a courthouse blend of tradition and modernity, a project appraised by the Government in more than 9.4 billion euros-more than eight million pounds and is among the major objectives that the prime minister of Justice in the history of the Rock, Daniel Feetham, it marked the beginning of the current mandate.
Accompanied by himself and Karl Feetham Viagas, architect of the government, this newspaper was able to verify in situ the progress of work, structured in three phases. First, we should mention that the new courts remain the same as the previous location in the middle of Royal Street, and which according to the minister, "although it would have been much easier to transfer part of the premises to another location, the site is too emblematic lawyers and judges. "
To allow Gibraltar to pass from one to three magistrates' courts and one to four rooms of the Supreme Court, the latter building, which dates from 1824, is undergoing an ambitious expansion that, in possible, is preserving historical elements and combining them with new ones. "I think the government has shown great vision not only to bet on the creation of a courthouse, but also respect for the colonial past. This initiative combines perfectly what we were and what we are today, "explains Viagas.
The first phase will be ready in early March and affects the central building, which will lift to allow disabled access, new toilets and a large room on the first floor for jury trials. This room will have tight security and technology to facilitate the work of lawyers and jurors.
addition, the upper floor, which houses the nineteenth century fireplaces, are enabling three rooms for lawyers to hold meetings with their clients. The building has a third plant to be located in a library.
This first phase also includes a second chamber of the Supreme Court with a smaller size because it will deal with civil cases and in these there is no jury, and the office the supreme court and a chat room and be for the judges.
From this main building, where teams of workers work in earnest, you reach a corridor that is now outside but that once the work is glazed and intercommunicate the main building with the magistrates' courts, including in the second phase of work, which ends next July.
magistrates' courts are being built right behind the Supreme Court and they come to Town Range, "the street of Gibraltar with the oldest buildings", notes Daniel Feetham, who adds that the facade of this entry, 1860 has also been preserved. The minister admitted that the maintenance of the facade has been one of the hardest things. In fact, this task was spent nine months.
magistrates courts, spread over three floors, with offices for staff and other spaces. In addition, there will be access for vehicles, annexed to the Town entrance Range-where staff can park.
As regards the third phase of works is scheduled to end in October and is enabling other rooms of the Supreme Court, raising to four the total number.
Justice Minister admitted that the Palace of Justice was and is a priority for him. "In the last three years we have come a long way in updating and modernizing laws of the judicial system, but it also needed a building in which justice can be administered in an effective, comfortable and modern, "he says in a statement to Southern Europe.
Since the ministry opened in 2007, Daniel Feetham has led to the Penal Code and has opened the new prison at Windmill Hill in Lathbury Barracks. "We are pleased with these first months of operation of the jail, but nothing is perfect and everything can be improved, "he adds.
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