AdZ9
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Just been called up for Jury Duty, 21st January for a possible 10 days. Get paid £30 a day, luckily its in the same town i work so won't have to travel far.
Does anyone know if i will still get paid from work for it?
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Phi
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ask your employer!
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loo_goblin
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no
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AdZ9
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I will be, but the financial advisor guy isn't in today, gotta wait till tomorrow. Thought i'd ask people who have done it before if they got paid.
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Brett
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£30 a day?!?! Is that all you fuckin get? How the fuck are people supposed to live? Fuck jury duty.
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Baskey
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dont worry mate, youl know if hes guilty the second you see him 
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ed
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£30 a day. I wouldn't even get out of bed for that.
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--DAN--
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I've done it twice and both times got paid more than £30 a day!!
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AdZ9
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i better get paid more than £30 a day, otherwise they can fuck off! especially if i dont get paid from work
Worst thing is, its the court that fucked me about when i had to get my ex gf's ex bf charged for ABH against me, he had previous convictions and should of gone down for a bit but instead they let him go and all he had to do was pay me £350 and like 80 hours community service over a year...
cunts
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--DAN--
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Its a good experience mate if you actually get a case.
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Seany
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i got paid 58 pound for jury duty as thats the maximum they will pay out to compensate wages you also get like 6 pound for food plus your travel so mine came to 66 pound, not even half my daily wage  oh and your work wont pay you if they do, its either or iirc?
[Edited on 26-11-2007 by Seany]
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AdZ9
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i'd rather work paid me, get much more that way, its a 30mile round trip for me to get to the court. Couldn't of come at a worse time for the studio, i'm a designer and January is usually busy due to people wanting to advertise new stuff etc 
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AdZ9
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Just speaking to a mate at work about getting called up, some lady overheard and asked me about when i was doing it as she has just got back from doing hers last week. Good news is the company pays me still :-)
Bad thing is if its like 10am and they say they dont need me anymore then i have to come back to work (which is bad seeing as the court is within throwing distance of my office  )
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eddiewhiteley
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my wife did it last year she still got paid by her employers and got expenses from the courts for travel and food.
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AdZ9
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fucking forgot about jury service, didnt fill the form out and send it back within the 7 days alotted, was issued on the 23rd, nearly a week overdue, better not fine me
only just put it in the post!
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Toby
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quote:
Originally posted by AdZ9
fucking forgot about jury service, didnt fill the form out and send it back within the 7 days alotted, was issued on the 23rd, nearly a week overdue, better not fine me
only just put it in the post!
 erm youve been on hoilday havent you
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Steve
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i wouldve thought a letter from your employer saying how much you;d normally earn a day, you;d be able to claim for it
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Craig W
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No Steve there is a maximum which they pay, which is £58 or £59 if i remember correctly.
You get a food allowance, and i think they pay for travel (public transport - not petrol or parking tickets etc)
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by Craig W
No Steve there is a maximum which they pay, which is £58 or £59 if i remember correctly.
You get a food allowance, and i think they pay for travel (public transport - not petrol or parking tickets etc)
what about if your on more than that though? seems a bit unfair for you to make sacrifices just so you can watch some scumbag in court
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Craig W
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Yeah i know, i agree. It's your public duty though, unfortunatley you don't have much choice.
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C2RL R
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just say you know the person who is on trial.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Craig W
Yeah i know, i agree. It's your public duty though, unfortunatley you don't have much choice.
you do if your pregnant or dieing probably.
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Craig W
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C2RL R - they you'll just get selected for the next trial, and so on.
Ben G - That's obvious.
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--DAN--
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Just go mate, or call them up and explain you cannot afford to lose money and are there any special arrangements which can be made, you never know they may be able to help out.
I've been twice now and it was very interesting(Mine was an Anal Rape Case BTW ) and very eye opening.
[Edited on 06-12-2007 by corsa-dan]
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Craig W
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The only times ive seen judges let people off (im in court everyday so see hundreds of excuses) is for:
If you have a pre-booked pre-paid for holiday which you can prove.
If you have medical reasons which can be verified by your doctor.
If you work for a very small company (ie 2 people), the company revolves around you and the business will literally collapse if you're off work.
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