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Southwark Crown Court
Southwark Crown Court is one of three crown courts in SE1, along with Inner London Crown Court and Blackfriars Crown Court.
Opened in 1983, the yellow-brick building by the Thames contains 15 courtrooms, making it the fourth largest court centre in the country.
Southwark Crown Court is a designated serious fraud centre.
The senior judge has the title Recorder of Westminster as this crown court now handles cases previously heard at Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court in Parliament Square.
Nearest tube station:
London Bridge (362 yards)
Tel: (020) 7522 7200
Web: courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/southwark-crown-courtTel: (020) 7522 7200
News & features about Southwark Crown Court
- Man jailed for nine years for causing death by dangerous driving 3 Nov 2022
- Borough High Street's 'Nightingale Court' to stay open till 2023 26 Mar 2022
- COVID-19 testing launched at Southwark Crown Court 18 Feb 2021
- Two jailed for shooting man who drove to SE1 and called for help 31 Mar 2020
- Lady Hale: politicians should face up to justice system problems 18 Nov 2019
- Former owner of Shad Thames restaurant jailed for fraud 23 Jul 2018
- Blackfriars Crown Court under threat of closure; is ILCC next? 19 Jan 2018
- Judge Usha Karu appointed as Recorder of Southwark 17 Jul 2017
- Judges from Southwark courts assemble at cathedral for service 13 Jul 2016
- Cameras to be allowed in Southwark Crown Court for 3-month trial 21 Mar 2016
- Demolition firms fined over death of man at Strata site 4 Nov 2015
- Former SE1 pub landlord sentenced for tax fraud 8 Sep 2015
- Former City Lord Mayor is Southwark's Guildable Manor foreman 13 Nov 2014
- Borough and Bermondsey distraction burglars jailed 21 Aug 2014
- Beating the bounds of Southwark Cathedral's parish 15 Jun 2014
- David Cameron at HMS Belfast for D-Day 70th anniversary event 20 May 2014
- Barristers stage protest outside Southwark Crown Court 6 Jan 2014
- Southwark Crown Court shut for nearly a week due to flooding 8 Nov 2013
- Man jailed for "savage" screwdriver attack in Tabard Street 3 Jun 2013
- Men jailed for armed robbery at Queen Elizabeth Street food shop 30 May 2013
- London Bridge bike racks removed to make space for Olympic crowds 30 Jun 2012
- Serial rapist convicted of multiple attacks on women in Southwark 20 Dec 2011
- 'Recorder of Southwark' title for senior Inner London Crown Court judge 1 Dec 2011
- November 30 strikes in SE1 30 Nov 2011
- "Cynical and utterly dishonest" ticket fraudsters jailed 12 Jul 2011
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Restaurants, pubs & bars near Southwark Crown Court
- The Horniman at Hay's 54 yards
- Cote Brasserie 60 yards
- River Cottage 64 yards
- The Alexander Hay 82 yards
- Costa Coffee 88 yards
- Cafe Piazza 90 yards
- 1751 Distillery, Bar and Kitchen 102 yards
- Ruba Bar 102 yards
- Bagel Factory 106 yards
- Cafe Rouge 106 yards
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