Soldato
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I know this thread has been posted before but not for a couple of years now.
Have any of you had the summons? How old were you; did you get a case; how long for; how did finances work out? Did you go straight back to work when you weren't called into a case? Have you been called more than once?
I was called into jury recently, aged 34 now. On day 1, we got shown around a courtroom which was interesting to see where all parties would be seated. We then went to the waiting room. It was about twice the size of a classroom, looked perfectly nice but with 120 in there, more people were standing than seated. Plus, the room shared one side of the catering counter which made the already packed environment sweltering hot. Some people read books, some on their phones. Lunch was provided free up to an allowance of £5.71, a rather specific amount lol. Sounds a lot too, but a sandwich, bag of crips and can of coke brought that down to about 20p. After 2 hours of waiting, 45 numbers were read out on the PA (we all had a number) to be summoned into 3 new court cases. My number wasn't called, so I was dismissed at 2PM and remained on call for the rest of week 1. You had to dial a number every evening to hear a recorded message to see if your number is due in the next day. On day 3, another batch of numbers were called in but again not mine. On day 5, end of week 1, the rest of us on call including me were officially dismissed. Work-wise, I just had day 1 off when I was in the waiting room, then went back to work. The irony though was that I caught a chest infection (waiting room being perfect environment for spreading germs) and ended up taking a week off sick. Money-wise, my company paid me normal wage for the 1 day that I was in court and I got given my bus money back as HM Courts Service paid travel expenses.
Have any of you had the summons? How old were you; did you get a case; how long for; how did finances work out? Did you go straight back to work when you weren't called into a case? Have you been called more than once?
I was called into jury recently, aged 34 now. On day 1, we got shown around a courtroom which was interesting to see where all parties would be seated. We then went to the waiting room. It was about twice the size of a classroom, looked perfectly nice but with 120 in there, more people were standing than seated. Plus, the room shared one side of the catering counter which made the already packed environment sweltering hot. Some people read books, some on their phones. Lunch was provided free up to an allowance of £5.71, a rather specific amount lol. Sounds a lot too, but a sandwich, bag of crips and can of coke brought that down to about 20p. After 2 hours of waiting, 45 numbers were read out on the PA (we all had a number) to be summoned into 3 new court cases. My number wasn't called, so I was dismissed at 2PM and remained on call for the rest of week 1. You had to dial a number every evening to hear a recorded message to see if your number is due in the next day. On day 3, another batch of numbers were called in but again not mine. On day 5, end of week 1, the rest of us on call including me were officially dismissed. Work-wise, I just had day 1 off when I was in the waiting room, then went back to work. The irony though was that I caught a chest infection (waiting room being perfect environment for spreading germs) and ended up taking a week off sick. Money-wise, my company paid me normal wage for the 1 day that I was in court and I got given my bus money back as HM Courts Service paid travel expenses.
, and I'd love another summons.
