Cold case: Chief justice uses thermometer to prove faulty heating in courts

Temperatures have been so cold in the Supreme Court due to a faulty heating system that the chief justice brought a thermometer to court so she could send the readings to the minister in charge.

In correspondence released under the Freedom of Information Act, Chief Justice Susan Denham said the judges have been working in temperatures as low as 13.5C and warned Minister for State Simon Harris that if there is no adequate heating in the Supreme Court, she would have to cancel court sittings.

In the letter released by the Office of Public Works (OPW) and dated January 30, 2015, Chief Justice Denham said: “This I loath to do as cases are important and urgent for the parties, but this is a significant health matter.”