Jury Service?

MrsE_2

Scousebird wrote: »

£15,600 a year...where...i'm moving if that's the average wage :-)

The results of the 2007 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) show that median weekly pay for full-time employees in the UK grew by 2.9 per cent in the year to April 2007 to reach £457

£457 * 52 = £23,764 per year

National gov website

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The difference between the median and the mean is illustrated in this simple example:
Suppose 19 paupers and 1 billionaire are in a room. Everyone removes all the money from their pockets and puts it on a table. Each pauper puts $5 on the table; the billionaire puts $1 billion (i.e. $109) there. The total is then $1,000,000,095. If that money is divided equally among the 20 people, each gets $50,000,004.75. That amount is the mean amount of money that the 20 people brought into the room. But the median amount is $5, since one may divide the group into two groups of 10 people each, and say that everyone in the first group brought in no more than $5, and each person in the second group brought in no less than $5. In a sense, the median is the amount that the typical person brought in. By contrast, the mean is not at all typical, since nobody in the room brought in an amount approximating $50,000,004.75.

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groovychick2007

i did jury service 2 yrs ago and really enjoyed it i would jump at a second chance to do it again..we were called in to court 3 times in 2 weeks but only saw one case to the end.. we got paid for our car park or bus, some days had to be in court before 9.30 .. sometimes after lunch... but depended what was happening ....if we had gone to court and not picked for the jury we could go home if there was nothing on in afternoon a lot of us stayed for dinner then went home as we had it paid for us.... about 80 of us turned up we were split into groups of 20 ..and you would stay in those groups 12 were picked the rest sat round till told otherwise, also some days we were not required like on a friday as they usually would not start a new case on a friday unless they knew it would be a quick one

allthatmularky

I cannot believe this thread!

A veritable mine of misinformation.:rolleyes:

I did Jury Service in December.

Mrs E - did it not occur to you that the £60 a day is tax free - so this equates roughly to £22300pa (60/7*10) times number of days 5 then number of weeks 52.
In addition you receive £5 a day from the court for lunch and they will pay your travelling costs, I think the court I attended paid parking within reason as well.

I was required to be at Court by 9.15 on the first morning then 10 the days after. Even while sitting on a jury I was away by 4.30 in the afternoon.
Whilst not on a jury - I was allowed to leave by just after 2 in the afternoon and by 11 one morning.

I too was dismayed that the recompense from the Court would not cover my normal income. I work for myself and earn several times the daily recompense from the court. - however, I arranged with my employer to work early and late around the court day so as to do the job I was being paid for.

Perhaps you might think of trying to pay back the council by working like this.:eek:

Finally, your comment as to those on benefit should do Jury Service is offensive - remember a basic tenet of English law - we are all equal before the law.

shelly

allthatmularky wrote: »

I cannot believe this thread!

A veritable mine of misinformation.:rolleyes:

So why don't you put all the wrongs right?

MrsE_2

allthatmularky wrote: »

I cannot believe this thread!

A veritable mine of misinformation.:rolleyes:

I did Jury Service in December.

Mrs E - did it not occur to you that the £60 a day is tax free - so this equates roughly to £22300pa (60/7*10) times number of days 5 then number of weeks 52.
The rates don't matter to me anymore, I've already found out I would be no better or worse off.
In addition you receive £5 a day from the court for lunch and they will pay your travelling costs, I think the court I attended paid parking within reason as well.
Coffee will probably be a £1 a cup (or more), I get that free at work, so I don't think I will be any better or worse off with that.
Parking IS NOT paid for with the court I have been asked to attend.

I was required to be at Court by 9.15 on the first morning then 10 the days after. Even while sitting on a jury I was away by 4.30 in the afternoon.
Whilst not on a jury - I was allowed to leave by just after 2 in the afternoon and by 11 one morning.


I too was dismayed that the recompense from the Court would not cover my normal income. I work for myself and earn several times the daily recompense from the court. - however, I arranged with my employer to work early and late around the court day so as to do the job I was being paid for.

Perhaps you might think of trying to pay back the council by working like this.:eek:

I don't need to "pay back" the council. The court is not even in the county I work & live in anyway.
I have already said I was feeling VERY unwell & couldn't help but start to feel hard done by with my back, behind & thigh pain. You will note I said I had a doctors appointment today after work, I explained why I was feeling a little down about it & down on it.
Did you choose to ignore all my posts after?

Finally, your comment as to those on benefit should do Jury Service is offensive - remember a basic tenet of English law - we are all equal before the law.

OK.................

homer_j_3

kr15snw wrote: »

Hmmm my head lecturer is refusing to support me in trying to get out of it.

Apparently I can miss the exhibition and not fail, but it still will majorly effect my grade. And the fact that its the week before the deadline? He said get my work finished early.

When I asked about the marks I would lose for the exhibition he told me to work harder in the other part. Ive been working for 2 years towards the chance to exhibit, Im not missing out that easily!

Will have to plead to the nice people at the Jurours place

I would just call the jury service people up and explain and ask if you can defer for 12 months. If you have not already deferred, I am sure it will be fine.

HTH

kr15snw

To anyone who has done this before:

Im available to do this after September, if I explain my reasons (final year of uni / work placments / exhibitions Im in) but put Id be more than happy to do it after September (as in Defer) do you reckon this will be ok?

tigtag02

MrsE wrote: »

£457 * 52 = £23,764 per year

National gov website

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Just remember though that this factors in earners not only in the 40% tax bracket but 6 figure sums too!! Its not actually a *true* figure :rolleyes:

vikingaero

Mrs E,

Phone up and ask the Jury Clerk if it's possible for you to use Park and Ride and claim mileage or mileage + car parking. Most Courts are very evasive on this and will do anything to scrimp unless you force the issue. Exceptions can be made.

I pity the pensioners who do Jury Service because they get nowt from serving on a Jury apart from subsistence and fares. Even the subsistence allowance won't buy you a decent meal in the cafe and the poor pensioners have to dig into their pockets. At least by staying at home they can save a little. Plus more pensioners end up on longer cases.

MrsE_2

vikingaero wrote: »

Mrs E,

Phone up and ask the Jury Clerk if it's possible for you to use Park and Ride and claim mileage or mileage + car parking. Most Courts are very evasive on this and will do anything to scrimp unless you force the issue. Exceptions can be made.

I pity the pensioners who do Jury Service because they get nowt from serving on a Jury apart from subsistence and fares. Even the subsistence allowance won't buy you a decent meal in the cafe and the poor pensioners have to dig into their pockets. At least by staying at home they can save a little. Plus more pensioners end up on longer cases.

Do Croydon have park'n'ride?

As far as I know they don't. Anyone know different?