Jury Service

[helen7]

Just send the letter back 'return to sender, no longer at address'.

Worked for me.

[pmeswani]

Just send the letter back 'return to sender, no longer at address'.

Worked for me.

How long for?

[Cheshire Cat]

Do you have to be a British citizen to qualify for Jury service, or just a long term resident?

[TheFaQQer]

Do you have to be a British citizen to qualify for Jury service, or just a long term resident?

You need to be on the electoral roll.

[TheFaQQer]

Write them a letter advising of your situation and they will defer it again.

The Jury Service FAQ says

"Jury service can only be deferred once up to a maximum of twelve months from the original date."

When you ask for a deferral, you are meant to tell them when you are not going to be available - any dates not in that list make it fair game for them to call you at that time.

[mailric]

Turn up day 1
Find out name of defendant (say, John Smith)
When defendant walks in look over and shout "Hey Jonno, hows it going. Finally got caught eh?"

You'll be home for lunch.

[TheFaQQer]

Off on a tangent slightly but it struck me reading his thread whether it is possible or not to volunteer for Jury Service?

With some bench time looming possibly it might be a good time to get it out of the way. And it would do my self esteem wonders if I had the opportunity to send down some crims while looking for work.

No - the selection process must be completely random, so there is no scope for volunteering to be on the jury.

I wish I could have sent the little scrote down for the case I was on, but there just wasn't enough evidence, and I'm not a good enough Henry Fonda impersonator to sway my fellow jurors.

Still reckon he did it, though.

[TheFaQQer]

Turn up day 1
Find out name of defendant (say, John Smith)
When defendant walks in look over and shout "Hey Jonno, hows it going. Finally got caught eh?"

You'll be home for lunch.

back in the waiting room, on your own, waiting for a different trial to start.

Much better to get in there and get it over and done with.

[NickFitz]

Turn up day 1
Find out name of defendant (say, John Smith)
When defendant walks in look over and shout "Hey Jonno, hows it going. Finally got caught eh?"

You'll be home for lunch.

Sitting in a cell for contempt of court

Anyway, that's not how it works - you won't know which case you're on until the defendant is named in court.

[TheFaQQer]

Sitting in a cell for contempt of court

Anyway, that's not how it works - you won't know which case you're on until the defendant is named in court.

When I did it, I had three days of waiting before getting called for the trial. Trial took five days, so I took ten off in total.

but I was permie then