| Jury duty 15:50 - May 5 with 978 views | Dubtractor |
Anyone here got any inside info on the court system?
I've annoyingly been called up for jury duty from 1st June, but I'm assuming there is a good chance that jury trials wont have restarted by then.
.Gov website basically just says to watch this space. |  |
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| Jury duty on 15:59 - May 5 with 935 views | Kieran_Knows |
No news for you etc, but I did it a couple of years ago and bloody loved it. Would quite happily be called again! |  |
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| Jury duty on 16:02 - May 5 with 926 views | Dubtractor |
| Jury duty on 15:59 - May 5 by Kieran_Knows |
No news for you etc, but I did it a couple of years ago and bloody loved it. Would quite happily be called again! |
It's not so much that I don't want to do it, more that I'm too busy with work at the mo and could do without it right now! | |
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| Jury duty on 16:10 - May 5 with 909 views | allezlesbleus |
| Jury duty on 16:02 - May 5 by Dubtractor |
It's not so much that I don't want to do it, more that I'm too busy with work at the mo and could do without it right now! |
I think you are allowed to "turn down" one call up. However, if you have already cancelled one jury service sitting, then I think it is much harder to be let off again.
I've done it twice in the past. Both were scheduled to be for up to 2 weeks. One lasted 1 morning and I think the other was 3 days, so it may not go on for too long, even if you have to do it. |  | | |
| Jury duty on 16:36 - May 5 with 868 views | Steve_M |
Given there's already an enormous backlog of cases in the court system, the legacy of austerity but also of Chris Grayling, then the legal system will desperately need to re-start trials as soon as possible.
If you aren't already then follow The Secret Barrister on Twitter and read the book. Legal Twitter is incredibly informative to the lay=-person but very depressing. |  |
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| Jury duty on 16:39 - May 5 with 857 views | Mullet |
| Jury duty on 16:36 - May 5 by Steve_M |
Given there's already an enormous backlog of cases in the court system, the legacy of austerity but also of Chris Grayling, then the legal system will desperately need to re-start trials as soon as possible.
If you aren't already then follow The Secret Barrister on Twitter and read the book. Legal Twitter is incredibly informative to the lay=-person but very depressing. |
It's a brilliant account and you're spot on.
I wonder if more hearings and trials will be done via video link so if there is a need for a jury how they get around that I'm not sure. I read one article where only the judge and the clerk were in physical attendance. The defendants were already in jail so they just video linked it and kept them there once sentenced as far as I could make out. |  |
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| Jury duty on 16:41 - May 5 with 852 views | factual_blue |
| Jury duty on 16:02 - May 5 by Dubtractor |
It's not so much that I don't want to do it, more that I'm too busy with work at the mo and could do without it right now! |
Take the work with you.
One of my favourite jokes is about a jury.
This young girl is giving evidence.
'And could you tell the court what the accused said next', asked the barrister.
'He said....he said....he,' the witness said, haltingly. 'I'm sorry, I can't bring myself to say the words'.
'You may write his words down and they will be passed to the jury and then myself to read', said the judge.
The relieved-looking witness happily took up the offer.
The paper was passed along the jury members.
In the second row of the jury, a young blonde girl noticed the chap next to her had dozed off. She gently nudged him. He woke and she handed him the paper. He looked at it, a smile spread across his face, he winked and put the piece of paper in his pocket. |  |
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| Jury duty on 18:45 - May 5 with 789 views | Epiphone |
If/when the case goes ahead all I can recommend is take some work or a good book with you because my experience of Jury Service was long hours of waiting around whilst lawyers played silly games. |  | | |
| Jury duty on 07:19 - May 6 with 651 views | dissboy2 |
will probs be by video link |  | | |
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