Jury Service

[lawrawrrr]

My dad was called to Jury Service only a few weeks ago; we were really paranoid about missing our holiday!! Or at least, him missing our holiday

In the end though they sent him home before he'd actually done anything on the first day. He said it was pretty boring, a lot of waiting around so make sure you have something to do. I've also heard about young jurors being sent home so that's quite lucky as you won't be called for another 5 years definitely (I think it's 5 anyway).

Having said that, my grandparents have NEVER been called, luck of the draw i guess.

[Chris]

My mum did it a few years ago and had to travel to stafford everyday. She said it was pretty boring. My dad was also called but managed to get out of it due to medical issues.

[Paige.]

mum had to do it not long a go actually and she met some really nice people that she had to do it with and she said it was interesting. i wouldn't mind being asked to do this tbh

[edible]

of course it's not illegal to say, do you think people just call in sick to their work for two weeks? no... they have to say

jesus

[Jorc]

Say you know the person, and bam off the jury. jk don't really do that.

[tm]

haha omg really, i already knew about the books thing but didnt know about the young jurors thing. Would save me some time if it did turn out to be a boring case so it could work in our favour

I didn't have any idea about that either and that's what they told me on day one! Really set the tone for a boring-as-hell week since I knew even if I was called I'd likely be back to doing nothing after a few minutes. I'm not exaggerating about the boredom either - take as much stuff to do as you can fit in a bag.

[Shar]

It's not illegal to say as long as you don't give details. I wouldn't mind being park of a jury I think.

[LiquidLuck.]

Haha, we don't have that here in Portugal. Just in a special situation where both parts ask for a jury, we just have the judge.