Reply to: Jury Summons

[hyperD]

Taxi drivers: ex-cons and well dodgy mainly.

[darmstadt]

I remember when I got called up for jusry service except I was a permie then, not only did my company continue to pay me but I also got compensation. Did quite well out of it. On the first day there we knew that there was going to be a big finincial irregularities case which everyone was dreading getting as it was going to go on for a long time and basically means sitting around reading through lots and lots of figures. I was lucky, the first case was a couple of young burglars who pleaded guilty straightaway. The second case was a taxi driver who had thrown a pot of boiling coffee over a waitress. We found him guilty, especially after seeing the photos. What then made it difficult was I then found out he lived about 4 doors down from me and a few weeks later I was in his taxi and used it quite regularly from then on but I don't think he ever suspected (big chap as well!) Had another burgulary case as well, sent him down

[djfoot]

Quick Update

I sent an e-mail the the jury people querying the situation. They have now excluded me...just like that. Problem resolved....

[monkeyboy]

Book a holiday that starts the day after the jury service ends.

This won't stop the jury service but will stop you from being choosen for a long winded trial. (Well my company contact used that method).

Also current methods use the phone so you don't have to attend everyday. He only lost 2 days work over the two weeks...

Unlucky if you get picked for a trial on the first day.

[Torran]

Walk into court...say "Hi mate , How are you" to the defendant.....You'll be home before lunchtime.

[Phoenix]

Walk into court...say "Hi mate , How are you" to the defendant.....You'll be home before lunchtime.

[xoggoth]

That's an idea. Let the jury set the sentences. Much more fun.

[Clog II The Avenger]

Anybody been called up whilst contracting? What have you done about addressing the shortfall in daily rate v maximum daily allowance of £56?

Not an issue for a few days, but if it goes on for months, (I know they rarely do but you never know), I shall have to send the kids down the mines.

A derisory amount for jurors while barristers will get £300 to £600 per hour and a £50 lunch is a throw back from the days when the gentry ran the Courts. A hundred guineas for me and a nice shiny penny for you for, a juror. Even witnesses get more than jurors.

[djfoot]

Do you civil duty and stop whining - there is a price to pay for living in a civil society where it is the people who decide whether defendant is guilty or not.

Isn't is just easier to shoot them?

Wasn't whining...I want to do it and see it as an important civil duty to ensure justice is done....it's just a shame that sentences are all too regularly way too lenient (BTW - I'm not assumming that the defendant is guilty just yet, but give me a couple of minutes in the courtroom and I'll make my decision then...).

[ratewhore]

Do you civil duty and stop whining - there is a price to pay for living in a civil society where it is the people who decide whether defendant is guilty or not.

[wonderwaif]

I got called up for jury service.
I wrote asking to be excused on the grounds that I was self-employed and would suffer financial hardship through not being paid. I also said that my contract was due for renewal which may well not have happened if I was absent for two or more weeks.
They wrote back saying I did not have to attend.
I heard you can only do that once though, but I haven't been selected again since so don't know for sure.

[AtW]

Do you civil duty and stop whining - there is a price to pay for living in a civil society where it is the people who decide whether defendant is guilty or not.

[Pondlife]

Nice one. I'll take a look, but I would've thought that they'd only cover you before you were summonsed...

Oh! Bit late then. Time to start acting sexist, racist and generally subversive. Or alternatively you have to get yourself a criminal record PDQ.

HTH

[djfoot]

You can get insurance for it - The PCGPlus membership gives you it I think. It may not cover your fully daily rate though and you can only claim for a max number of days.

Edit: PCGPlus covers for £300 per day for upto 10 days

Nice one. I'll take a look, but I would've thought that they'd only cover you before you were summonsed...

Edit: Just checked....policy would needed to have been taken out before the summons was issued. Thanks for the heads up though...

[Pondlife]

Anybody been called up whilst contracting? What have you done about addressing the shortfall in daily rate v maximum daily allowance of £56?

Not an issue for a few days, but if it goes on for months, (I know they rarely do but you never know), I shall have to send the kids down the mines.

You can get insurance for it - The PCGPlus membership gives you it I think. It may not cover your fully daily rate though and you can only claim for a max number of days.

Edit: PCGPlus covers for £300 per day for upto 10 days