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  • Silvertabby
    Silvertabby Posts: 9,023 Forumite
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    !!!8220; Veering slightly off topic, it's annoying that some people are continually called to serve on a jury and others never are.

    I'm 57 and have never been called. I'd love to do it.
    Originally posted by pimento

    Ditto (apart from being a little older than you).

    Anyone know if it's true that defence barristers don't like ex-Armed Forces as jurors?
  • ReadingTim
    ReadingTim Posts: 3,970 Forumite
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    Silvertabby wrote: »
    Anyone know if it's true that defence barristers don't like ex-Armed Forces as jurors?

    It's about as true as the fact they don't like Daily Mail readers, for the same reasons.
  • jobbingmusician
    jobbingmusician Posts: 20,343 Forumite
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    lulu650 wrote: »
    You'll have time hanging around waiting to be called, so bring your revision materials in with you and don't get chatting to the others.

    This. Just reframe the way you look at this. You will be hanging round the court for hours, getting paid to do your revision.
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  • Silvertabby
    Silvertabby Posts: 9,023 Forumite
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    Anyone know if it's true that defence barristers don't like ex-Armed Forces as jurors?
    Originally posted by Silvertabby
    ReadingTim wrote: »
    It's about as true as the fact they don't like Daily Mail readers, for the same reasons.

    Double whammy, then.
  • Abbafan1972
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    NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »
    This came up at a family do a couple of years ago, neither me, my parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles or cousins (over 20 adults in total) have ever been called, Makes me wonder if the courts think our family are too dodgy to trust with jury duty :D

    I have never been called
    Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £43,915.98
  • sammyjammy
    sammyjammy Posts: 7,388 Forumite
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    pimento wrote: »
    Veering slightly off topic, it's annoying that some people are continually called to serve on a jury and others never are.

    I'm 57 and have never been called. I'd love to do it.

    Be careful what you wish for!!! I used to feel like this and got called a few years ago. I ended up on a drugs case for 7 weeks listening to an expert witness talking about probability of mobile phones being used in certain areas at certain times, the A3 papers were in the 100s listing all the calls from the mobile phones, I wished I were back at work.
    "You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "
  • Andy_L
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    Dribiddi wrote: »
    I have an Open University exam in a few weeks

    That's likely to be accepted as a reason to defer your jury service if you're concerned about missing the exam/revision time
  • Andy_L
    Andy_L Posts: 12,792 Forumite
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    Silvertabby wrote: »
    Anyone know if it's true that defence barristers don't like ex-Armed Forces as jurors?

    Unless you're wearing a badge/tie how are they going to know? AIUI English law doesn't let them interview & reject jurors before the trial.
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