Teesside Crown Court Listings: Today's Hearings in Middlesbrough

Teesside Crown Court Listings: Which Building Is Your Hearing In?

Most Teesside Crown Court hearings take place at Teesside Combined Court Centre on Centre Square, Middlesbrough TS1 2AE. The court also lists some hearings in the Teesside Magistrates' Court building on Victoria Square.

The building name on each list entry tells you which one.

Because of the room numbers, the building name matters here. Both buildings have a Court 1, and they are different rooms in different buildings. A list entry reading "Court 1" with the building "Teesside" means Centre Square. An entry reading "Court 1" with "Teesside Magistrates Court" means the Justice Centre on Victoria Square.

The court's own XHIBIT status page shows the same split. It has one section for the main centre, with courtrooms numbered from Court 1 to Court 11, and a separate section headed Teesside Magistrates Court. You can see it on the Teesside XHIBIT page, which shows status updates from 10am on sitting days.

The Centre Square Address and the Russell Street Variant

Some websites and the original architect's project page give the court's address as Russell Street. The official Find a Court entry uses Centre Square, Middlesbrough TS1 2AE. Both point to the same site and postcode. For letters, taxis and sat nav, use the official Centre Square address.

A Building Shared With Civil and Family Courts

Teesside Combined Court Centre is not only a Crown Court. Find a Court lists adoption, divorce, children's cases, money claims, housing and bankruptcy in the same building. So the people in the entrance hall with you may be there for very different reasons. If your paperwork is about a criminal case, it is a Crown Court matter, and the Crown Court list on this page is the one to check.

What Teesside's Daily Lists Contained in October 2026

Teesside is a busy centre, and its own lists show it.

In the HMCTS daily lists this site stored for eight sitting days from 6 to 15 October 2026, there were 366 listed hearings. That works out at about 46 a day, between 29 on the quietest day and 56 on the busiest.

Each day used seven to ten courtrooms. Trials were the largest single group, but the lists were far from trials only. A typical day mixed first appearances, sentences and short review hearings around one or two long trials.

Hearing Types on the Teesside List

The table counts each hearing type across those eight days, largest first.

Another 92 entries fell into smaller groups, including mentions where the defendant must attend, pre-trial reviews, further case management hearings and backer trials. A backer trial sits behind another trial, ready to start if the first one does not go ahead. For what each heading means on any Crown Court list, see the Crown Court daily list explainer.

Who Prosecutes Teesside Cases

The Crown Prosecution Service brings most Teesside cases. In the same October lists, 198 entries named the CPS, 85 named another prosecutor and the remaining 83 named none. Other prosecutors can include bodies such as councils or regulators. The prosecutor's name does not tell you anything about the strength of a case.

Start Times, Courtroom Numbers and Video Links on the Teesside List

In the period studied, Teesside lists started at 10am. Across 6 to 15 October 2026, every sitting day's first listed hearing was at 10am, and the last timed hearing fell between 2pm and 3.15pm.

The morning carries most of the timed work. Of the hearings with a start time in that period, more than half were set for 10am. The next busiest slots were 11am and 2pm, followed by noon. Only four hearings, a handful across the whole period, were set for 3pm or later.

What the Odd Minutes Mean

You will often see one courtroom with a string of afternoon times such as 2pm, 2.02pm, 2.03pm and 2.04pm. These are not exact appointments two minutes apart. They show the order in which the judge expects to take a batch of short hearings. If yours is fifth in that run, you may wait well past the time printed.

About a fifth of entries had no start time at all. Many of those were general "For Hearing" entries. If you cannot tell when you are needed, rely on your letter or your solicitor, and ask an usher when you arrive.

Which Courtrooms Are Busiest

In the October data, Courts 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 at Centre Square carried the most hearings. On 15 October, for example, Court 1 had 14 hearings, most of them first hearings. The trial courtrooms that day listed only one or two cases each.

Court numbers can change on the day if a trial overruns or a room becomes free. Check the screens in the entrance hall when you arrive, and read the guide to finding your courtroom if this is your first time.

Video Links and "To Be Produced"

Some entries say the defendant is to be produced. That means they are in custody and will be brought from prison, either in person or on a video link. Find a Court confirms that Teesside has prison-to-court video links and video conferencing, arranged in advance.

In the October lists, 38 entries were marked as using the Cloud Video Platform, about one in ten. If you are a relative and the hearing is by video, ask the usher whether you can sit in the courtroom to watch.

When Does Tomorrow's Teesside Crown Court List Appear?

Tomorrow's Teesside list normally appears on the working day before the hearing. No official source sets a fixed publication time for Teesside, and some websites quote times that disagree with each other. This page does not repeat them.

The safest routine is to check twice:

1. Read your court letter first. It gives the date, the time to arrive and normally the building.
2. Check this page in the late afternoon or evening before. Look at the "updated" time under the heading to see when HMCTS last changed the list.
3. Check again on the morning of the hearing. Late changes do happen, especially to courtroom numbers.
4. Use the XHIBIT page during the day. From 10am it shows which courtrooms have started and the status of each case.
5. Ring the Crown Court listing office if your case is not there and your hearing is close. Its number is in the contact panel further down this page.

For the wider picture, the guide to when lists are published explains why times vary between courts.

Why Is a Case Missing From the Teesside List?

A case can be missing for several ordinary reasons. Most of them have nothing to do with the case being dropped.

• It is still in the magistrates' court. Many cases begin at Teesside Magistrates' Court and only move to the Crown Court list once sent up. Check the Teesside Magistrates' Court page as well.
• It is listed in the other building. Look for "Teesside Magistrates Court" as the building name.
• The court has restricted it. Cases involving a young person or protected by a reporting restriction may be left out of public lists. In the October lists, 89 entries carried a note that reporting restrictions may apply.
• The date has moved. An adjournment or a trial overrunning can push a hearing to a later day.
• The entry looks different. Crown Court entries on this site never show first names; at most a masked first name and a surname appear. Search by your case number, or scan each courtroom for the surname if you have no letter. The defendant's solicitor can also confirm the date.

If none of these explains it, ring the listing office. The guide to why a case is not listed covers the general reasons in more detail.

Getting to Centre Square: Parking and Blue Badge Bays

There is no public parking at the Teesside court site. Find a Court points visitors to paid off-site parking at Fry Street and France Street. Two blue badge spaces are directly outside the building on Elm Street.

Plan where you will park before you leave for a long trial day. Those two bays are not reserved for any one visitor, so do not rely on one being free. Trains and buses into Middlesbrough town centre avoid the parking question entirely, which also helps if a trial runs late and a parking ticket would run out.

Allow extra time for security. Everyone entering is searched, and queues build in the morning when several courtrooms start at 10am. The security checks guide explains what you can and cannot bring in.

If you need help because of a disability, contact the court before your hearing. Find a Court notes hearing enhancement equipment by prior arrangement, Sunflower lanyards on request and disabled access, all shown in the facilities panel near the end of this page.

Contacting the Court and Spotting Scam Calls

Teesside has separate lines for different jobs, and using the right one saves time. The contact panel below shows the general enquiry line, the Crown Court office, the Crown Court listing office, the jury service line and the Witness Service.

Use the listing office for questions about when or where a hearing is listed. Use the Crown Court office for general case queries. Jurors should use the jury service line, not the main switchboard.

The counter opening hours shown on Find a Court are for the County Court counter. They are not Crown Court hearing hours, and Crown Court hearings can run later in the day.

Find a Court also carries a warning that scammers are copying genuine HMCTS phone numbers and email addresses. They may demand payment, sometimes claiming to act for HMRC or enforcement. If a caller asks you to pay over the phone, do not pay. Hang up and ring the court on the number shown in the official directory, and report the scam to Action Fraud.

Your Day at Teesside as a Defendant, Relative, Witness or Observer

Crown Court hearings at Teesside are generally open to the public, so family members and observers can sit in the public gallery. The judge can restrict that in some cases, for example where a child or a vulnerable witness gives evidence.

Whatever your role, phones must be silent in court, and you must not photograph or record anything. A trial day involves a lot of waiting, so bring something to read.

For a fuller picture of how a Crown Court day runs, see what to expect at a Crown Court.

Jury Service at Teesside Crown Court: What New Jurors Ask

Teesside jurors follow the national rules on GOV.UK, but local jurors raise the same practical questions again and again. Here are the answers that matter before your first day.

How Long Does Jury Service Last at Teesside?

Jury service usually lasts up to 10 working days. If a trial is likely to run longer, jury staff tell you first. If your trial ends early, you may be put on another one. GOV.UK says to expect court hours of about 10am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, with an earlier arrival on day one.

Being Sent Home Early

On some days jurors are not needed and may be released early. Whether you then return to work is between you and your employer. Your employer must let you have time off for jury service, so give them a copy of your summons when it arrives.

Parking, Travel and Lunch

You are not paid for jury service, but you can claim loss of earnings, travel and a daily food and drink allowance. Drivers can claim mileage, but GOV.UK tells jurors to check whether the court will pay for parking. With no public parking at the Teesside site, ask the jury office before you commit to a car park. The current rates are on the GOV.UK jury service guide.

Talking About the Case

Do not discuss the trial with anyone outside the jury until it is over. Even afterwards, you must not talk about what happened in the deliberation room. GOV.UK warns that posting about the trial on social media, even after it ends, is contempt of court. If anyone approaches you about the case, tell a court officer.

Who Are the Judges at Teesside Crown Court?

The daily list names the judge sitting in each courtroom, using their title. You will see entries such as "His Honour Judge" or "Her Honour Judge" followed by a surname, and sometimes a Recorder, who is a part-time judge.

Individual judges are not named on this page. Judges move between rooms and between court centres, so the list for the day you attend is the reliable source. If several judges sit at Teesside that day, the list groups each courtroom's hearings under that judge.

The judge's name is not a guide to how a case will go. It only tells you which courtroom team will deal with the hearing, which helps if you are following a case across several days.

Where Can You Find Teesside Crown Court Results?

Daily lists show hearings, not outcomes. A name on the Teesside list says nothing about guilt, and the list does not record verdicts or sentences.

For a result, there are three routes. The defendant's solicitor, or the defendant, will know. Find a Court lists a separate results inbox for pre- and post-court queries, shown in the contact panel above. Local and regional newspapers also report many Teesside sentences, though only a fraction of cases.

People also search for a "Teesside Crown Court live stream". No official live video stream of Teesside hearings exists. The nearest thing is the XHIBIT status page, which shows whether a case is in progress, adjourned or finished, without any detail of what happened.

Reporters covering Teesside can find practical notes in the court reporting guide.

Facilities and Access at Teesside Combined Court Centre

The facilities below come from the court's official directory entry and are updated automatically. Arrange hearing equipment or video links with the court in advance, as both depend on booking.

Map of Centre Square and Nearby Courts

The map shows the Centre Square building. Teesside Magistrates' Court, the second building that some Crown Court hearings use, is listed first among the nearby courts below.

Directions from your location: Google Maps · Apple Maps

• Teesside Magistrates' Court: Victoria Square building; some Crown Court hearings are listed in its Court 1
• Teesside Magistrates' Court, TS1 2AS (0.3 km away)

How Did Teesside Get Its Own Crown Court Building?

The current building came out of a long-standing problem. In April 1988, an MP raised it in the House of Commons, describing the old Teesside Crown Court. Victims had to wait in the same area as people who might have attacked them.

In reply, the Solicitor-General said new Crown Courts were under construction on Teesside and due for completion early in 1991. According to the Hansard record of that exchange, they would provide 12 courtrooms, 28 witness and consultation rooms and a separate witness waiting suite with its own toilets.

Napper, the architects, describe the Teesside Law Courts as part of a regeneration of a cultural quarter in Middlesbrough town centre. Their project page also lists twelve courts.

Today's lists do not always use all of them. The October 2026 lists and the XHIBIT page used rooms numbered up to Court 11, so not every room appears on every list. The building has served as Teesside's Crown Court centre ever since, with civil and family work under the same roof.

Teesside Crown Court Questions Answered

Teesside raises its own questions, from the address to jurors' costs.

The answers below cover the start time, the second building, name searches and what the lists can and cannot show. For anything about your own case, such as whether you must attend, speak to your solicitor or ring the court.