General Article Jury service

Topic Selected: Crime and Justice Book Volume: 437

Performing jury service is an important civic duty, but it can interfere with work and daily life. A set of rules outlines the required behaviour during jury service, when jury service can be deferred or avoided, and what people will be paid by their employers or the courts whilst doing jury service.

What is jury service?

Juries

Some court cases will use a jury to help determine the outcome of a criminal trial (or, very occasionally, a civil court case). A jury is a panel of 12 (in England an...

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