Jury Service - Has it affected you

[Gonzo]

Would like to gauge how often this would be likely to come up during a period of say 20 years.

1. Who's been stung by this, for how many days/weeks and did you lose money due to it
2. Who managed to get out of it. What excuses/valid reasons did you use.
3. Anyone got jury service insurance that paid out

I know it's a civic duty etc, so please no 'why ask this....blah etc'. Just want to know some raw facts and figures.

1. I have been called twice in eighteen years. The second time took seven days out.
2. I got out of it the first time because I had moved out of the area.
3. I didn't have insurance at the time, but PCG+ does provide some.

I had to feel sorry for another bloke who was in the juror pool last time I was there. He was a self-employed shop fitter and was in the middle of a job so he couldn't stop work for two weeks and then pick it up later. He was turning up on site at 6 in the morning, doing a few hours, then going back in the evening to do some more.

To add insult to injury, he didn't get called onto any cases.

[VectraMan]

It's never happened to me.

[miffy]

Surely all you need to do is wait until the accused gets marched in and then give them a big wave and a loud "Allright matey! How's it going? Fancy seeing you here" etc etc.

Either that or a loud comment to your fellow jurors along the lines of "hey, he looks guilty as sin eh eh?"

I haven't been stung by it yet.

I know another permie that was on some murder trial in london for about 8 weeks! The management were going crazy as you can imagine.