How much will I get paid for giving evidence

[Barkseh]

I have to go to court tomorrow to give evidence. I caught someone nicking the copper out o the roof where I work, when I was at work a few months ago. It goes to court tomorrow and I have to give evidence. Any ideas how much I get paid. I'm on holiday from work due to it.

Thread closed by Jordan (Forum Super Moderator): Due to question being answered and thread losing topic

[scottish]

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/assets/uploads/files/Attachment%201.pdf

Loss of earnings – employed persons (Ordinary Witnesses only)
The maximum amount of earnings lost that may be repaid is:
 For an absence from work not exceeding 4 hours £33.50
 For an absence from work exceeding 4 hours £67.00
These payments are not subject to income tax or other statutory deductions. To claim loss of earnings,
you must get your employer to complete this section of your claim certifying the earnings you have lost.
Do this after you have attended court.

[Halas]

nothing its ur responsability

[FlyingJesus]

Yeah you'll get paid for missing work but not a payment for doing it, that's only for jury duty not just giving evidence

[God]

Yeah you'll get paid for missing work but not a payment for doing it, that's only for jury duty not just giving evidence

OMG you get paid for jury duty???

[FlyingJesus]

Oh actually no not in the UK I got that wrong, you do in America I believe and maybe Canada but I'm pretty sure that it's not something you can sign up for, you get randomly selected as opposed to giving evidence where you obviously have to have some link to the crime

[Cerys]

Yeah, jury duty you get randomly selected from the electoral register and you must do it unless you fit into certain catagories.

Anyway, I think you'd only get paid from loss of earnings, as if they paid you to give evidence, you may only be doing it for the money and therefore give biased/invalid evidence as you don't care aslong as you get the money
i think

[scottish]

due to the fact he mentioned he's on holiday from work it's safe to assume he meant loss of earnings.

[Ardemax]

Like everyone has said, you don't get paid you just get your loss of earnings covered.

[Catchy]

Yeah you'll get paid for missing work but not a payment for doing it, that's only for jury duty not just giving evidence


OMG you get paid for jury duty???


My best friend was on jury service in October, you don't get paid but you get travel costs covered and I'm also sure she got a lunch allowance everyday, which was topped onto a card sort of thing

[scottish]

My best friend was on jury service in October, you don't get paid but you get travel costs covered and I'm also sure she got a lunch allowance everyday, which was topped onto a card sort of thing

Yeah I sat in introduction for it, I believe you get loss of earnings, lunch money, travel money (only via public transport i believe?), but don't get paid to take part as by law you have to

but if you're in full time education etc you can get out of jury duty.

[Catchy]

Yeah I sat in introduction for it, I believe you get loss of earnings, lunch money, travel money (only via public transport i believe?), but don't get paid to take part as by law you have to

but if you're in full time education etc you can get out of jury duty.

Yeah sounds about right, it's a legal requirement unless you're basically on deaths door or other circumstances such as education etc. So funny when my mate did it they gave them all a list of websites which were like gaydar, xtube etc and they were like if you've ever been on these websites you have to tell us for such and such reasons lmaooo

[God]

My best friend was on jury service in October, you don't get paid but you get travel costs covered and I'm also sure she got a lunch allowance everyday, which was topped onto a card sort of thing

Thanks for clairifing it

[IceNineKills]

Getting back on to the actual subject, you son't get paid. You can claim travel money. It that's pretty much it as you have chosen to be there. If you were to get paid then there would be alot more 'fake' witnesses within the court case.

When I was in court to be a witness I only got the £4.40 travel money refunded but it took them ages to to it and really wasn't worth the time getting it back.

[scottish]

Why are people still replying when the same message has been repeated like 12 times.

[IceNineKills]

Why are people still replying when the same message has been repeated like 12 times.
That happens in most threads yet you say nothing.

[scottish]

That happens in most threads yet you say nothing.

Most threads

a) I don't reply to
b) Don't have people copying the same message days later

[IceNineKills]

No one copied a message.

[scottish]

Half the posts are essentially 'you won't get paid for doing it you'll get loss of earnings' or the less intelligent 'you won't get paid for doing it'

[DamienMarj]

dont be a snake and leave it well alone, the guy was earning his way of living.

[IceNineKills]

Half the posts are essentially 'you won't get paid for doing it you'll get loss of earnings' or the less intelligent 'you won't get paid for doing it'

And?

Didn't realise there was a rule against people posting.

[DamienMarj]

And?

Didn't realise there was a rule against people posting.

Some people like to take the law into there own hands sometimes. #urgh

[scottish]

And?

Didn't realise there was a rule against people posting.

No-one said there was

I simply asked why people are still repeating the same message that got posted 6 days ago when the OP asked.

I'll stick to my assumption that people are that desperate for post count

[DamienMarj]

No-one said there was

I simply asked why people are still repeating the same message that got posted 6 days ago when the OP asked.

I'll stick to my assumption that people are that desperate for post count

Well if you look on the right hand side of you're post, there is a little thing called ''Posts: 10'391''

Now you ask again, why are people repeating themselfs?

[scottish]

Well if you look on the right hand side of you're post, there is a little thing called ''Posts: 10'391''

Now you ask again, why are people repeating themselfs?

As usual you make no sense.

Also why the hell did you include an apostrophe...

My post count means nothing? I don't repeat something several times in a thread or read a thread 5 days later and copy something that was said the first day to gain a +1.

Why would I ask myself why people are repeating themselves because you pointed out my post count?

Do you even understand what you just said? God help your kid.

[Ardemax]

dont be a snake and leave it well alone, the guy was earning his way of living.

Obvious troll is obvious.