Due to hold its first session on Valentine’s Day next week, the £9.6 million facility is a far cry from the Victorianesque court situated in the Town Hall which has been used since the 1890s.
And, unlike many States ventures, the project has been completed on time and on budget.
There are three new courts, of which one is fully secure, separating the court staff and the public with triple-glazed glass strong enough to stop a nine-millimetre bullet.
Triple-glazed glass also surrounds the dock where the defendants stand – a measure designed to stop them leaping forward or lashing out.
