Commonwealth Law Courts

The Harry Gibbs Commonwealth Law Courts Building (often known simply as the Commonwealth Law Courts) contains the Queensland registries of the High Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia; and the Brisbane registries of the Family Court of Australia, Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.[3] It is located at 119 North Quay in the Brisbane CBD.[1]

Harry Gibbs Commonwealth Law Courts Building
Commonwealth Law Courts from South Bank
General information
Address	119 North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland[1]
Country	Australia
Cost	A$130 million[2]
Technical details
Floor count	13[3][4][5]
Floor area	32,000 m2 (340,000 sq ft)[2][3][5]

The 13-storey building, designed by John Grealy, contains 33 courtrooms and 29 judge's chambers, as well as administration and prisoner holding facilities.[2][5] The Commonwealth Law Courts' formal entrance is on North Quay, with a 25m-wide stairway leading from the street to an eight-storey atrium.[4] The working entrance is located on Tank Street. The building is named after former Chief Justice of Australia, Harry Gibbs.