jury duty service

[remainpower]

I just got another letter to go to jury service next month. I already went once last year but didn't get called for any cases (although I did have to go to court everyday for a week). Can I be exempt from this? What do I tell them? Thanks

[remainpower]

Also is there a reason why it's always me that gets picked out of my whole family?

[JohnL]

I thought I never got called because of my minor conviction 30 years ago (and ?9 fine).

But I checked and apparently not so it must be some other reason.

http://jury-service.co.uk/jury-service-eligibility/

[KidKruger]

You can make yourself exempt by behaving in a way that would automatically want the courts to not have you on their premises as part of a jury. Worked for me, never heard from them since. Being self-employed it would have cost me a packet because I think I was warned it could be 3-4 weeks.

[Sue]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> You can make yourself exempt by behaving in a way

> that would automatically want the courts to not

> have you on their premises as part of a jury.

Please tell us more :))

[ianr]

Have you received a Guide to Jury Summons, and a Reply to the Jury Summons form?

The former (available via https://www.gov.uk/jury-service ) says:

You have the right to be excused from the jury service if you have served as a juror, or attended to serve on a jury, during the two years preceding service of the juror summons. You may serve again if you wish, but you may exercise your right of excusal by completing Part 3 of the form ?Reply to the Jury Summons?. Please ensure you provide details of the court you attended, as we will check your service.

 

[Loz]

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> > You can make yourself exempt by behaving in a way

> > that would automatically want the courts to not

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> Please tell us more :))

I suspect a BNP/EDL t-shirt would go a long way. But the downside would be that you'd be wearing a BNP/EDL t-shirt in public.

[ianr]

Being on bail would be sufficient.

[Sue]

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> I suspect a BNP/EDL t-shirt would go a long way.

> But the downside would be that you'd be wearing a

> BNP/EDL t-shirt in public.

Oh God, that reminds me of when I wore my Hope Not Hate t-shirt out locally (acquired after I had been leafleting in Dagenham in 2010).

I thought I was getting strange looks, and it wasn't till I got home that I realised that although the t-shirt said on the front "Barking & Dagenham Council Elections 2010 Final Score Hope 51 BNP 0" my jacket had obscured most of the words apart from BNP :))

I've been wary of wearing it since then :))

[PeckhamRose]

Interesting. I am self employed but would sort of consider it my civic duty to do it. Yet lived in my years 34 years and NEVER not ONCE been asked!

[JohnL]

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> > BNP/EDL t-shirt in public.

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> Oh God, that reminds me of when I wore my Hope Not

> Hate t-shirt out locally (acquired after I had

> been leafleting in Dagenham in 2010).

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> I thought I was getting strange looks, and it

> wasn't till I got home that I realised that

> although the t-shirt said on the front "Barking &

> Dagenham Council Elections 2010 Final Score Hope

> 51 BNP 0" my jacket had obscured most of the

> words apart from BNP :))

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> I've been wary of wearing it since then :))

I went to an IT conference and met a guy who worked for BNP Paribas, the conference organiser just gave him a badge "BNP" and he was reduced to telling everyone he met that he was not an IT guru from the British National Party.

[solar]

You are selected at random from the electoral register. I've done it several times, other people I know have never been called.

[uncleglen]

You can be excused if your school has OFSTED (although you might want to do it then!)

[dc]

Never been called but would be happy to ?do my duty?.

My other half, on the other hand, is a magistrate and therefore, effectively, does jury duty voluntarily every week (albeit ?judge and jury duty? alongside two others) - for no financial reward or compensation whatsoever (beyond travel expenses).

Without magistrates the whole judicial system would grind to a halt. Virtually all criminal cases and most civil cases are first heard in a magistrates court. My understanding is that somewhere in the region of 95% of criminal cases are dealt with in their entirety at that level.

[singalto]

I was called to do jury service during the week my first baby was due. I asked to be excused from jury service on the grounds that I might go into labour in court. I was told that it wasn't a good enough reason not to do it. They reversed their decision when I said that I happy to do my duty as long as there was a midwife in the court!

[Vik]

You can be excused if it is within 2 years of last doing it.

I've just been summonsed for the 4th time!

[Cardigan006]

Just tell them you're "nuts" .

[adonirum]

Tell them that you truly believe all Police Officers are pathological liars, that you would reject any evidence given by them as unreliable and that you feel this would make you a hindrance to natural justice.

That should do it for you!!!

[KidKruger]

Adonirum, not a million miles away from what I said in my response to the instruction, along with something about fascist and corrupt legal system, racist police hierarchy, etc.