Hi Folks,
I'm a 'one man band' Ltd company contactor and I've just been called for Jury Service. Thankfully I'm a 'plus' member of IPSE (Formally PCG) and have discovered I have business interruption cover which pays out up £500/day for max 10 days for jury service. While this does not cover my day rate, it does take some of the pain away. A few questions for the forum;
Have any forum members claimed this business interruption cover from IPSE - did they pay out ok?
From research I see the jury service will last a minimum of 2 weeks (10 working days), while not ideal I know the company I'm contracted to will be ok with me taking this much time off but probably not much more and the IPSE cover takes some of the financial pain away - however if the case drags on then I'd start getting into hot water. Has anyone on here managed to get out of jury service ( or limited it to 2 weeks max), using the loss of earnings / potential loss of contract argument? If so what evidence did they need to show the judge - was it an arduous process?
Anyone just not turned up on the day and paid the £1000 fine instead?
Thanks
S
I'm a 'one man band' Ltd company contactor and I've just been called for Jury Service. Thankfully I'm a 'plus' member of IPSE (Formally PCG) and have discovered I have business interruption cover which pays out up £500/day for max 10 days for jury service. While this does not cover my day rate, it does take some of the pain away. A few questions for the forum;
Have any forum members claimed this business interruption cover from IPSE - did they pay out ok?
From research I see the jury service will last a minimum of 2 weeks (10 working days), while not ideal I know the company I'm contracted to will be ok with me taking this much time off but probably not much more and the IPSE cover takes some of the financial pain away - however if the case drags on then I'd start getting into hot water. Has anyone on here managed to get out of jury service ( or limited it to 2 weeks max), using the loss of earnings / potential loss of contract argument? If so what evidence did they need to show the judge - was it an arduous process?
Anyone just not turned up on the day and paid the £1000 fine instead?
Thanks
S
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