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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: muddyjames on April 11, 2007, 18:17:19

Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: muddyjames on April 11, 2007, 18:17:19: Today was my first day as a jurer.

Well after a stressful start paying Ã‚Â£7 for car parking and hanging around from 8:30am to 11:30am and all of us getting sent home as the only case the chap pleaded guilty, so no need for us to stay any longer!

So as the courts were paying for the car parking I decided to wonder around town and do a tad of shopping, got home at 2pm and sat in the sun and dozed off then read one of me magazines

Just given the jurers hotline a call to see if I am needed tomorrow and no I'm not. I have checked the forms my agency filled out and the line that says

Will the employee be able to return to work on any full day that they are not required to attend court? Yes No

The agency have said no. So a day off tomorrow being paid for it and it is supposed to be great weather too

If only I could do this as a full time job!!!
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: Keri on April 11, 2007, 18:19:34: Its ok for some isnt it :P
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: muddyjames on April 11, 2007, 18:51:27: :lol: :D
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: v8kenny on April 11, 2007, 19:25:57: Well I bloody hate jury duty - pain in the butt when you are self employed
Last two times I had to do it we were all chucked out at 11.30 am - and were allowed to claim the princely sum of Ã‚Â£29.19 !
So the whole day is ruined for less than 30 quid - how is this fair !? :?

Think I'll become a crim so I don't have to do it any more :wink:
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: muddyjames on April 11, 2007, 19:28:57: well we will see how much I actualy get paid in a few weeks time. There maybe a thread saying how much I hate it!!!

In the bumf they gave me a few weeks ago it said I can claim back any other loss of earnings the court dont pay me Ican get back through my house insurance. :?
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: dreadnought110 on April 11, 2007, 19:56:15: Me dad ended up on the Kegworth air crash jury they said they expected it to take up to six months :shock: :shock:
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: winchman on April 11, 2007, 21:35:16: I wouldnt mention what any one has been on.
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: waveydavey on April 12, 2007, 08:15:38: Quote from: "dreadnought110"
Me dad ended up on the Kegworth air crash jury they said they expected it to take up to six months :shock: :shock:

Much as I agree that talking about cases is not qa good thing that one must have been interesting at least?
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: dreadnought110 on April 12, 2007, 19:35:48: Quote from: "winchman"
I wouldnt mention what any one has been on.
hey didn't go into no more detail than that, beside's it was a very public case!! and he even had one of those chalk drawing's done of him!! :lol: :lol:
Title: Jury service rocks :-)
Post by: muddyjames on April 12, 2007, 21:35:43: Well I have found out I'm not in tomorrow either. So a nice 4 day weekend again. I better hadnt get too used to this :lol: