Western Court, Colonial judicial building in Central District, Hong Kong.

Western Court is a judicial building with neo-classical design and symmetrical architecture in Hong Kong's Central District. Its structure rests on a foundation of Chinese fir tree trunks driven into the ground to provide stability on reclaimed land.

The site held four gas holders of the Hong Kong and China Gas Company before Western Court was built. On 14 May 1934 one holder leaked, caught fire and exploded, killing 42 and injuring 46. A Pakistani watchman died activating an emergency valve that released the remaining gas into the sea. Western Court, completed in 1961, was demolished in October 2015.

Western Court's name survives in the neighbourhood's English usage, and its ground floor mixed shops with 14 flats, so residents and traders shared the same block. Before demolition, Block 8 housed a small shrine to the Pakistani watchman who died in the 1934 gasometer fire, a memorial kept by the community.

The building is open on weekdays and has an information office on the ground floor for public inquiries. Visitors should know this is a working court facility and not all areas are freely accessible.

The building rests on hundreds of Chinese fir tree trunks driven into the ground like pilings to support it on swampy soil. This unusual technique allowed the heavy structure to be built safely on reclaimed land that would otherwise be unstable.