Any of you been in a jury?

AtreuS said:
Did 10days just after new year.

Got on 2 cases, one lasted 2 days the other lasted 4 days.

Im self employed and claimed £65 a day for the full ten days so got £650 plus bus fares and food allowances back so about £700 in total.

It was interesting and quite enjoyable, apart from the aggro of making sure you can claim your dues!
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how does the pay work? If you're employed and your employer still pays you then presumably you get nothing? Otherwise is the pay based on your salary/loss of earnings or is there a set rate or limit or something?

Supposing you were a contractor who was earning a few hundred a day would they match it or would you get screwed if you did it?
 
I did two weeks about 20 years ago when I was about 18/19 - I'd got a parking ticket a few weeks before and initially thought it was something to do with that

Boss at the time signed saying I could attend but couldnt return for a part day so they had to pay me for the full day everyday I turned up (I was on a silly low paid YTS scheme at the time and my big boss said I'd I did a part day to go in and he'd pay me as well :))

First day being shown round / sworn in was quite interesting but then sat about for the rest of the day, bored stupid. People had taken books and stuff to pas the time - I took nothing and this was well before smart phones or even really mobile phones so had to blag papers to keep the boredom at bay.

Second day started off the same but was, mid morning, called up for a suspected burglary case. It was blatantly obvious they were guilty as sin and was wrapped up in two days.

The next day I was called up for a murder case which lasted the remainder of my service and, from the off, most the jury thought he was guilty. During the course of the trial the deceased`s partner gave evidence which essentially resulted in the guy being found guilty of manslaughter and walking out due to time served. The same statement also resulted in her realising (whilst being crossed examined) that her actions had, probably, ultimately killed herb boyfriend :(

It was quite eye opening and frustrating at times. Most things were well explained but some of the debate and comments from some of the jurors when we retired to consider our decision was downright scary.

I think its a good thing for people to see the justice system in action, good and bad.
 
AtreuS said:
Did 10days just after new year.

Got on 2 cases, one lasted 2 days the other lasted 4 days.

Im self employed and claimed £65 a day for the full ten days so got £650 plus bus fares and food allowances back so about £700 in total.

It was interesting and quite enjoyable, apart from the aggro of making sure you can claim your dues!
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i got a Jury summons a couple of weeks ago and im self employed.. did you have to show any proof of earnings to claim the £65 a day? i read that il need a letter from my accountant inorder to claim :/
 
cainer said:
i got a Jury summons a couple of weeks ago and im self employed.. did you have to show any proof of earnings to claim the £65 a day? i read that il need a letter from my accountant inorder to claim :/
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Yes you need proof of earnings. When I did mine they accepted the previous year's tax return with no problems.
 
Nearly 23 and I've never been called. I heard its because anyone who works for the police can't be called on jury duty, but that they changed it recently in that you can go, but you won't get selected if you know of the case or the person, even just knowing their name (Which I guess would be the same for anyone but people in the police are most likely to know a higher percentage of people).

I'd like to do it though, would be an experience.
 
I did JS when i was 18, i was called in for 3 cases, i really enjoyed it. Obviously i was reimbursed for loss of earnings, also had allowance for lunch and got travel money back.

In 2 weeks, i never had a day when i wasn't involved in the jury, other people though spent the whole 2 weeks waiting to be called up but never did! I imagine that would have been boring.
 
I did it 18 months ago and really enjoyed the experience. I was actually summonsed nearly 2 years before but due to a major work project I deferred it a year.
I was really lucky, sworn in as 12 th juror on day 1 and found out it was a murder trial! Over the next 7 days we saw all the evidence and witness interviews, including some video. When we retired I volunteered to be Jury Foreman and was voted in. Pretty big personal moment that standing up and announcing the verdict in court. Was Not Guilty in the end of Murder or the lesser charge of Manslaughter.
I found the whole experience fascinating and would happily do it again. As I said I was very lucky and speaking to some other jurors some had been sitting around for days.
 
I did it at 26, was there for 3 weeks. My work just paid me as normal. Although i was working weekends on my normal rota.

Mine was pretty boring. Balif kept falling asleep aswell.
 
Did a week a few years ago. Started on the Monday. It was 5 young lads charged with possession of 5kg of cocaine. On the Friday 2 of them changed their plea to guilty to let the other 3 get off. We were never needed in the end. I still got paid by my work but also claimed back a weeks wages from the Gov, so effectively 2 weeks pay for 1 week watching a juicy court case. Was good fun.
 
I did 10 days worth about 4 years ago (very late 20s). It was interesting. I knew one of the witnesses (she's a police officer) so had to make it known and stop the proceedings which was quite funny. However, the deliberations and varied personalities did make it interesting - I've kept in touch with a few people since then. :)

Fortunately I had no gruesome cases. The first one was about obtaining a pecuniary advantage through deception. The last one lasted nearly all week was about drug dealing - and a more complex case.

I was based in Southward Crown Court.

Work sorted out all my pay after returning all the relevant forms, but I received my "expenses" from the court service. It was definitely worthwhile and is ultimately a responsibility you have to step up to.
 
Many years ago,when I was 25, I missed my call for jury service, as I was in hospital recovering from a m/c crash.

Had two police officers come to the hospital & execute a warrant for my arrest for failing to attend court.

Never been called since.:(
 
Did it last year and despite the daft amount of time spent waiting around, I found it to be a worthwhile experience. Did it at Birmingham so unfortunately there was no phone to see if you're needed option and spent the entire first week reading. The Jury room was pleasant enough, pool table, tv and decent quality food.

Got a case, that then got delayed. Got a second, an assault with video evidence that clearly identified the defendants, once they saw that they immediately pled guilty and we were no longer required.
Got another case that covered the final couple of days that was extremely interesting and I really enjoyed the deliberation process, not exactly twelve angry men but it was a fascinating experience.

There were people there that had been on a single case for several months at that point, much as I did enjoy it that would be bloody terrible.
 
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