Jury Duty Anyone Been Fined?

whambam

Keep getting letters for someone else who is exempt from jury duty do they fine you if you don't reply to the letters they send you?

calcotti

What has your question got to do with welfare benefits?

whambam

If you get fined with no income on benefits only not my situation but someone's else's will they take the fine from your benefits usually.

Neil_Jones

whambam wrote: »

Keep getting letters for someone else who is exempt from jury duty do they fine you if you don't reply to the letters they send you?

Does this person live with you? How are they exempt?

As for Jury Duty you can get fined if you do not do Jury Duty or reply to the form:
https://www.gov.uk/jury-service

whambam

medical reasons. Can you contest this in court? What if the person in question didn't get the letter or misplaced and forgot about it? its not like they send follow up letter leading to the date?

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Yes. When I did jury service, those that felt it was better to ignore the letters, were duly dealt with by the judge and each got a £2,000 award! He did all three in five minutes, each for contempt!

Of course, you don’t need to believe me!

whambam

you really do love judges don't you.

[Deleted User]

Are you saying the letters are coming to your address? If so and not addressed to you then don't open them and the content has nothing to do with you.

If the person "forgot" then I doubt that is going to be a justified excuse. Mark it on the calendar or put an alert into your mobile phone.

If they have an exception that they accept then they should contact the correct person to submit this to them.

xylophone

Keep getting letters for someone else who is exempt from jury duty do they fine you if you don't reply to the letters they send you?

Do you mean that you are an appointee for an exempt person?

poppy12345

xylophone wrote: »

Do you mean that you are an appointee for an exempt person?

As the OP has a constant habit of giving very little information when asking questions, that's something we most likely will never know.

whambam

yes it is indeed