Is it compulsary to do it?

Nath

 

Yes.

Damian

 

and it's great too.

 

Its great fun!

Send the ******* to prison! Bring back the death sentence!

*ahem*

Sorry about that! I enjoyed my jury service

Damian

 

Unless the rules have changed, you can postpone your first call-up if you have work commitments, but then you can't dodge it if you're selected a second time.

 

Cheers guys, its not for me but a friend. They thought they'd duck out and go on holiday instead but I've relayed your words to them and there up for it now. I guess it just sounded a bit scary to them from the off...

Nath

 

If you really want to get out of it you can-for example just tell them that you are an anarchist and against the justice system as a whole and therefore can't be considered for service. You will never hear from them again.

 

Hopefully it will be some little ****e that nicked a scooby - life or the death penalty!

 

pretty much so....when i did it it was a lot of sitting around....make sure you take something to read.

 

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"If you really want to get out of it you can-for example just tell them that you are an anarchist and against the justice system as a whole and therefore can't be considered for service. You will never hear from them again."



Yes but they pass you file onto MI5 (the real one not those wannabe actors on BBC1 Monday nites) and they then take a keen interest in you and yours

 

I've never been called up is there anything that precludes someone from being requested?

 

Age (<16, >65) and certain occupations (judge, army).

It's all here!

 

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I know but it WILL get you out of your jury service!

 

I have got out of jury service three times now and have been called up again. I will write another letter to try to get out of it again.

If you are 'invited' to attend, which is compulsory, and make an excuse, you will get another letter around a year later, once you have served you are excused for 5 years.

I wouldn't mind doing it but will lose loads of money in serving.

 

So when they cover your expenses, does that not cover loss of earnings?

 

not sure. As a permie, my work still paid for my week off on jury duty All I remember getting is a bit towards my travel expenses.

Stefan

 

I was called up whilst a student. I phoned to explain that the only reason I was in that town (and therefore, on the particular electoral roll from which my name had been taken) was that I was studying, and that several weeks taken out of an 8-week term would irreparably harm my academic career. They agreed and let me off.

The form does invite you to state times which are especially inconvenient, the implication being that you can defer service if there's anything in particular (like a paid-for family holiday) coming up. In my case, though, the summons had been sitting in my college pigeon hole for weeks and I'd missed the deadline. In any case, I'd either have been living in that area because I was there to study, or I'd have been living miles away outside term time.

I know there have been changes (or at least, proposed changes) to make it harder to get out of doing it, but I'm not sure what they are. Could just be that excuses don't receive the same degree of sympathy any more. Why they can't invite people to nominate a time (say, a 2 week period some time in the next few months) when it IS convenient, I'll never know. I wouldn't mind serving, but not if it meant missing a holiday [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

 

Or having a criminal record with a serious offence on it seems to excuse you

PS Don't try this one at home kids, it's not smart and it's not clever