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Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court

Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court

Name of Court

Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court

Address

St Botolphs Circus
Magdelen Street
Colchester
CO2 7EF

Opening Times

Court open
9.00 am to 5:00pm

Email

Enquiries contactcrime@justice.gov.uk
(Crime customer service centre, if your case number has a mixture of letters and numbers, please use this email)

Enquiries sjs@justice.gov.uk
(Single Justice Service Centre)

Magistrates court EssexCustomerService@justice.gov.uk
(Local Admin, for all other queries, please use this email address)

Enquiries family.chelmsford.countycourt@justice.gov.uk
(Family)

Social security and child support sscs_bradford@justice.gov.uk
Enquiries cens.warrants@justice.gov.uk
(For NCES matters)

Telephone Number

Enquiries 01245 313300
(Magistrates Admin, for all other queries please call this number from 9am to 5pm)

Enquiries 03308 084 407
(Crime customer service centre, if your case number has a mixture of letters and numbers, please call this number)

Enquiries 0300 303 0656
(Single Justice Service Centre if your query relates to a Single Justice case)

Enquiries 01702 283 830
(NCES office - from 9am to 4pm)

Payments 0300 790 9901
(National Payment Line -24 hr line)

Family court 0300 123 5577
(from 9am to 5pm)

Family court fax 01264 347922
Magistrates court fax 0870 324 0091
Witness service 0300 332 1000
Social security and child support 0300 123 1142

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Building Facilities

If you have a disability and need help coming to a hearing, please contact 01245 313300.

Disabled access
This court has level access to the entrance of the building and all floors, lifts to all floors and easy access into courtrooms. There are also a number of disabled toilets on each floor.

Hidden Disabilities Sunflower network
Lanyards available on request.

Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs are welcome

Refreshments
Refreshments are available from vending machines.

Baby changing facility
This court has baby changing facilities on each floor.

Video facilities
Court/hearing room video conferencing facilities and prison to court video link facilities are available (by prior arrangement)

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