Jury Service

[TCL]

Current justice system in the UK did not appear out of nowhere - it cost many people lives, so stop whining about losing some cash from doing your duty: if it may cause you financial problems then you'd have time to reflect over your poor financial planning.

Of course it didn't, we all know that. However, not every contractor has been doing it for years and has a large warchest to fall back on in these situations.

[Sockpuppet]

Of course it didn't, we all know that. However, not every contractor has been doing it for years and has a large warchest to fall back on in these situations.

At £500+ a day I'd hope he'd have a large warchest by end of week 2 ffs.

[centurian]

No - the whole point of jurors is that they are random good citizens rather than those professionally involved.

Contradiction in terms. If it's random, then how do you know they are good

Of course the definition of "good" equates to "not proven bad", which isn't quite the same thing

But I still I think I prefer the random nature of it, rather than the US system where both sides try and shape the jury to suit their tastes. The OJ Simpson trial was largely won by the defence before the first witness was called because the prosecution bent over backwards and let the defence have the jury they wanted because they thought the evidence was so strong

[AtW]

Of course it didn't, we all know that. However, not every contractor has been doing it for years and has a large warchest to fall back on in these situations.

You should have saved enough money just in case BEFORE you jumped the boat to become contract.

In any case the amounts you quote (£500 per day) should allow to save pretty quickly unless you are financially irresponsible person who can't plan ahead.

Again, I'd agree with you here that the law should take this case into account as irresponsible people should not become jurors.

[AtW]

Contradiction in terms. If it's random, then how do you know they are good

There is no contradiction.

Let's say I have got 100 blue balls in sack and I pick random 10 blue balls. They are blue (colour property) but also random (method of choosing).

[AtW]

Contradiction in terms. If it's random, then how do you know they are good

Well, I think there are some checks ie no criminal convictions, of course you can't be 100% sure everyone is good decent person, but if majority is then selecting 12 of them would be enough.

[BrilloPad]

At £500+ a day I'd hope he'd have a large warchest by end of week 2 ffs.

Unless he has kids. Or is divorced. Or a drug habit. Or likes high class hookers.

HTH

[AtW]

Unless he has kids. Or is divorced. Or a drug habit. Or likes high class hookers.

And he'd be responsible for at least 3 out of those 4 problems then...

[BrilloPad]

And he'd be responsible for at least 3 out of those 4 problems then...

You think high class hookers are a "problem"!

[AtW]

You think high class hookers are a "problem"!

It's a problem for them... and his finances.