[1] The building was commissioned as a courthouse to replace the facilities at the Castle which were used for holding assizes and which had been condemned for their inconvenience and unhealthiness.

[5] An inquiry in to the loss of SS Ina Mactavish was held at the Moot Hall in December 1907 and February 1908.

[6] The trial of the then 11 year old Mary Bell for the murder of two young boys took place at Newcastle Assizes in 1968.

[11] In March 2019 Her Majesty's Courts Service decided that the building was surplus to requirements and instructed estate agents Avison Young to market it for sale.

[12][13][14] It was announced in October 2019 that the building had been acquired by the property business, Gainford Group, which also owned the Vermont Hotel, located immediately to the north of the Moot Hall.