Jury Service - Self Employed

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A friend's husband has been called for jury service. He is self-employed and earns considerably more than the £64.95 per day that he can claim for loss of earnings, which will leave him and his family in a difficult situation - particularly as the work he does is project-based and an absence of a week or two (or more) will not only affect the job that he is working on, but also his attractiveness for future contracts.
It doesn't appear that there is anything he can do about this, but I just thought I'd post it here in case anyone has any advice on how he can handle this to either avoid jury service altogether or minimise his losses. Thanks in advance.
It doesn't appear that there is anything he can do about this, but I just thought I'd post it here in case anyone has any advice on how he can handle this to either avoid jury service altogether or minimise his losses. Thanks in advance.
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If he doesnt have any LE cover then just has to suck it up and perform their civic duty. Most called for jury service end up with very little time off work as cases are abandoned etc.
If you believe the movies and there is a process of eliminating inappropriate juriers they could always express strong racist/homophobic etc views to be eleminated... just make sure he isnt spotted with his husband after else it could be contempt.
Your friend needs to respond asking that it is deferred and that him taking time off from his self-employment will have an adverse effect on his personal finances and indeed on his business.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
https://www.gov.uk/jury-service/delaying-or-being-excused-from-jury-service#:~:text=If it's not possible for,you from doing jury service
There should be contact details on the letter he's been sent. All he has to do is say what you have said above.
Also, thank you so much for the laugh.
I've recently watched The Runaway Jury - now that IS a load of nonsense. But I enjoyed it all the same, old as it is.
If it’s not possible for you to do jury service in the next 12 months, you can ask to be excused. You’ll only be allowed to do this in exceptional circumstances, for example:
- you have a serious illness or disability that prevents you from doing jury service
- you’re a full time carer of someone with an illness or disability
- you’re a new parent and will not be able to serve at any other time in the next 12 months
None of those apply here. There is no exemption for it being financially inconvenient.So you may not be kicking the can very far down the road, and things may not be much better then, if at all.
Is the nature of his work such that he couldn't do any catching up in the late afternoon / evening?
Got deferred and weeks later a new date given and attended.