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my wife has been summonsed for jury service at the end of January.
Ordinarily it wouldn't be a huge problem, but she will be seven months pregnant, and I don't want her commuting across any further than she does for work.
If it takes two weeks, then she will start maternity pay, so she likes her work, so thinking that it will be unfair on her work too.
Do they take that into account for deferment of service? I mean can you imagine, she will asking to leave for the toilet every hour! Not exactly practical!
Anyone with experience or pedrigree in this department?
Ordinarily it wouldn't be a huge problem, but she will be seven months pregnant, and I don't want her commuting across any further than she does for work.
If it takes two weeks, then she will start maternity pay, so she likes her work, so thinking that it will be unfair on her work too.
Do they take that into account for deferment of service? I mean can you imagine, she will asking to leave for the toilet every hour! Not exactly practical!
Anyone with experience or pedrigree in this department?
Have a look at this site, which should answer some of your concerns...
http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/juror/faqs/index.html
I'd suggest contacting the Jury Central Summoning Bureau and asking she can either be excused from jury service, or have her service deferred to a more practical date.
http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/juror/faqs/index.html
I'd suggest contacting the Jury Central Summoning Bureau and asking she can either be excused from jury service, or have her service deferred to a more practical date.
R_U_LOCAL said:
Have a look at this site, which should answer some of your concerns...
http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/juror/faqs/index.html
I'd suggest contacting the Jury Central Summoning Bureau and asking she can either be excused from jury service, or have her service deferred to a more practical date.
I have had a good look through the literature, which isn't that conclusive, hence this post.http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/juror/faqs/index.html
I'd suggest contacting the Jury Central Summoning Bureau and asking she can either be excused from jury service, or have her service deferred to a more practical date.
I guess that her best step is to call them and discuss. I would argue that she shouldn't do it for 12 months after baby is born.
Puggit said:
Give them a ring - I'm sure they'll defer in this case, there's plenty more meat out there!
lets hope so! Apart from the drop in income for a short time, it wouldn't be a problem being me, I actually kinda want to do it, to experience the court process etc. (no witty comments about seeing it from the dock either!)Other than the required toilet breaks and loss inconvienients (have done it myself) I would be more worried about the type of things she may be confronted with. If its a child abuse or rape etc type thing the stress aspect may not be appropriate. Not sure if that is a valid excuse though. Perhaps it may actually be a bonus to the CJS.
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