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The Youth Courts and the Family Courts are located at the new Family Justice Courts building at 3 Havelock Square, Singapore 059725.
The new building has 25 courtrooms and 52 chambers, designed to address the specific needs of family-related cases. The new building also provides child-friendly interview rooms, quiet rooms for distressed adults and children, and vulnerable witness rooms to allow for remote testimony in hearings. The new quiet rooms are designed for court users to access and calm themselves down without needing staff intervention. These inclusive features complement the Therapeutic Justice approach, ensuring that the physical environment itself contributes to the healing and resolution process for families navigating difficult legal situations. This in turn also helps the courts achieve the mission to make justice accessible to families and youth.
The Family Division of the High Court is located within the Supreme Court Building, at 1 Supreme Court Lane, Singapore 178879.
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History of Family Justice Courts Building
The Family Justice Courts used to operate from two different locations at Maxwell Road and Havelock Square. The former building at Havelock Square was built between 1928 and 1930. It originally housed the Chinese Protectorate, and was subsequently occupied by the Ministry of Labour from 1955 to 1990. It was gazetted as a national monument on 27 February 1998.
On 25 November 2024, the Family Justice Courts relocated to and commenced operations in the new Family Justice Courts building, also known as the Octagon, at 3 Havelock Square, Singapore 059725. The move enables the Family Justice Courts to centralise all services at one location and hence offer greater convenience for court users. The building features dedicated spaces designed to facilitate a therapeutic approach to administering family justice, to better assist families and their lawyers, alongside with other professionals, to work together to find timely and enduring solutions to family disagreements.
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