Aberdeen Sheriff Court

Can never get through on the fine telephone line and the automated service only works when it feels like it. I recently got picked up by the police for none payment of fine even though I had been paying my fine,as a result they arrested me on a means warrant and locked me up for a night before they took me to court the next day. When I finally got to court and they looked into it they said it was a clerical error. I would have thought that they would have cleared the remaining £60 on my fine due to there mistake and time served.

A dinosaur of an entity. Its depressing that a legal system depends on the personality of a Sheriff and it is disgraceful a legal system can be so inconsistent that outcomes depend on whether you get a good" Sheriff. Even the fact we have to address a Sheriff as My Lord when they aren't Lords shows just how out of touch the entire system is with the general public. I would rather have a system which represents the public that it is meant to serve rather than a system that's not changed in centuries. Its not the Sheriffs Court

Punish harshly those who work and contribute. And cause unnecessary debt and issues especially in these times. Regular criminal who is unemployed and causes misery on the workers? No worries watch as you deplete funds on solicitors below average, and then get harshly fined by the courts. What's that the regulars don't work and stink up the place waste taxpayers money? Well have no worries they get free legal aid. Get off lightly and in the end the fines they get are paid fir by the taxpayer again. Again nothing fixing the problem of the repeat cycle of this chaotic u washed upon our society.

Great staff

Staff helpful when you don't have much experience with court. The security is a bit of bother. Staff search handbags etc before going through metal detector. Public transport to all areas within walking distance.

amazing

You go here if you've been in trouble with the police and if you have to go as a witness or for your children. You also go here to pay your fines.

It’s impossible to get a response, help or information from here, the phone will ring out and emails are not responded to and when you go there in person to get help they will refer you to the phone and email you’ve already tried.

Andrew Smith is a top class lawyer who appears in Aberdeen Sheriff Court. Smart and well prepared, he always represents his clients to a high standard.