I have been called for Jury service at the busiest work time of year for me
I attended for jury service a few years ago but was not selected. There were around 250 potential jurors in attendance that day.
The judge gave a talk beforehand and said if anyone had holidays booked (as it was the summer months) they were to let him know rather than going forward as it was not possible to say how long the trial was going to last.
One juror questioned work commitments but these were not entertained by the judge who told the person that they must be released by their employers if picked to do jury service.
I was called up but due to having 2 kids could not attend, who would drop off and collect kids, what happened if we had to stay in hotel etc - I rang, explained, they said put it in writing and that was that.
Also if you go dressed v smartly, more than likely you won't be held!
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Originally Posted by footsteps http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?p=588739#post588739
Also if you go dressed v smartly, more than likely you won't be held!
Believe it or not, this is true. Defence counsel are permitted to object to a certain number of potential jurors. So, if you wear really conservative clothes they will think you are one of the "hang 'em and flog 'em" brigade and won't want you on the jury. It works, i did it successfully. Only thing, i had to attend for each day, was called three times and rejected each time, so went straight back to work.
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