Jury duty, reasons to be excused
Discussion
Anybody know the grounds/excuses not to do it?
My daughter has just got an order for 2 weeks plus jury duty in July. She managed to defer it once before because she was working in Oz but this time they are insisting she goes.
She is a NHS doctor and despite a letter from her hospital saying she is needed and that there is no cover the Jury Service have turned down her request to be excused or defer again. She is a also in the TA and due to deploy to Afghanistan later this year so the hospital can ill aford to lose her for another 2 weeks plus.
She has a right of appeal but I was wondering what the convincing arguments would be?
I know we all have a civic duty etc but it seems nonesense to have the NHS pay locum rates (if they can even find a locum in her area) and her lose pay (she will have to take unpaid leave and accept the £55 a day for jury duty). Personally I think she is doing her bit going to Afghanistan and there must be many others willing and able to carry out this important job without them costing her and the NHS money. God forbid she ends up wih some protracted trial because that wll cut across her deployment training .
My daughter has just got an order for 2 weeks plus jury duty in July. She managed to defer it once before because she was working in Oz but this time they are insisting she goes.
She is a NHS doctor and despite a letter from her hospital saying she is needed and that there is no cover the Jury Service have turned down her request to be excused or defer again. She is a also in the TA and due to deploy to Afghanistan later this year so the hospital can ill aford to lose her for another 2 weeks plus.
She has a right of appeal but I was wondering what the convincing arguments would be?
I know we all have a civic duty etc but it seems nonesense to have the NHS pay locum rates (if they can even find a locum in her area) and her lose pay (she will have to take unpaid leave and accept the £55 a day for jury duty). Personally I think she is doing her bit going to Afghanistan and there must be many others willing and able to carry out this important job without them costing her and the NHS money. God forbid she ends up wih some protracted trial because that wll cut across her deployment training .
Thanks for al that advice guys. I agree with the sentimnet about not leting the Jeremey Kyle club make decisions but don't we have anough balanced, decent people left that we don't have to cost the public purse £60 an hour for a locum to cover her job (if they can even find one)?
No other member of our family has ever been called, and we are all more available than she is.
Now there's a plan, do you have to take ID?
No other member of our family has ever been called, and we are all more available than she is.
Now there's a plan, do you have to take ID?
N Dentressangle said:
Four Cofffee said:
Thanks for al that advice guys. I agree with the sentimnet about not leting the Jeremey Kyle club make decisions but don't we have anough balanced, decent people left that we don't have to cost the public purse £60 an hour for a locum to cover her job (if they can even find one)?
No other member of our family has ever been called, and we are all more available than she is.
Now there's a plan, do you have to take ID?
Yes, you do. No other member of our family has ever been called, and we are all more available than she is.
Now there's a plan, do you have to take ID?
As others have said though, she'll probably not be needed for the whole two weeks or for the whole of each day. There's a frustrating amount of sitting around!
Did you find out whether her trust covers her salary?
I think the main problem is logistical in that she works in a smallish hospital and is covering consultant lists which at this late notice will mean cancelled appointments unless they can find a locum as they don't have any slack in the rotas at the moment. She alos has a conference day booked and paid for out of her own pocket which will be lost at this late stage.
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