Jury service issue

[lazyitus]

Hi all,

Just after some advice please. I have a member of family currently doing jury service. Into week 2 now and for whatever reason, they are not dealing with the case / situation very well. I do not know if this is due to the nature of the trial or simply because the verdict decision is not being arrived at due to a split jury?

This has become very (extremely) stressful for the person in question.

Is there anybody in a law court who can discuss this with my family member? Or is there indeed anyway of coming out of jury service during a trial? I suspect not for the latter question but just wondered if anybody can offer any advice.

Thanks

[lazyitus]

Thanks all for the advice.

I genuinely don't know the reason for the upset, I just assume it to be related to one of the two ideas I suggested. Whilst trying to ask my family member why they felt so bad, I was also aware that they could not discuss details so it was a job to find out anything in order to know who to ask about anything, if that makes sense. A tricky chat as I don't want to get anybody in trouble and certainly wouldn't try to coax the details out of the person in question.

I think the answer I needed is for the person to speak to the head of the jury service. As I'm not familiar with the set up in a court, I didn't know who would be the person to approach and so that is a big help to know.

I will pass on the info. Thanks all.

[lazyitus]

Thanks