Damo V

... In England?

I've recieved a summons but really dont want to do it

Roughly 80% of my salary is commision based, if I do it for two weeks, the court system compensation comes nowhere near what I would recieve from work.....

surely I shouldnt be penalised financially for doing it?? Must be against EU human rights or something ROFL.....??

Chip

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Cant you just send them in a bit of paper saying

"I vote guilty" and then not bother going?

GARETH T

get arrested

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iTrader: (1)

Go the first day, then declare you have a personal connection to the case
which you are allowed to keep private then you will be dismissed.
My brother did that

Komm88

I thought you had to do it?

Damo V

Really? Hmmmmmnnnn

I dunno if that will work AFAIK you are required for 2 weeks regardless of which case you are on???

Dont some people have to do 2 or 3 cases over two weeks??

Damo V

Part of my civil duty apparantly.... But I pay enough in income tax so feel I am carrying out my civil duty monthly

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Not sure, but I think its only one case not a length of time.
My brother didnt do anymore.

Komm88

Exactly mate. I think you should have a choice.

RWD_cossie_wil

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just claim to be a racist homopohbic sexist communist

Big G

I have been called up to go next month, There is no guarentee I will be selected as I am probably 1 of possibly 100, In the letter it says there may be more than 1 trial I am required for, and service does not generally go over 2 weeks, but then again you could have in effect wasted a day and not be required at all.
If you are self employed then I think you can attach a means form to prove loss of earnings, but dont fiddle it too much as come end of tax year you wanna show how little you earn

Sideways_Sierra

as above, get arrested and then you wont have to go lol

bezo

ive been called up in the past,

i had to write a letter stating that because there are so few of us at the company i work for, it would be unfair to put the work on to the other empolyees.

i got out of it.

unfair really that they just call you up and you have to do it

Damo V

Getting arrested wont slve the problem .. have to do 5 years first....

foreverwhite

i suggest you throw your naughty custard in the dock and be expelled from the court in a stream of semen.

Sideways_Sierra

depends what u get arrested for

big_wig_074

what happens if you are away on holiday from the time the letter was sent to the time the court session ends?therefore never being at home to receive the letter,hence not knowing about it?surely you have to reply to confirm that you have received the summons?

Big G

Like a McCann family holiday

I got mine the start of August for attending the start of October,
Yes you have to reply to say your available, or unavailable with a damn good excuse.

big_wig_074

dont reply then,say you never got the mail,or that you only read mail youre expecting,and throw everything else away as junk mail!

melzieann

I got out of mine

i sent a e-mail saying that, what they pay u in expenses dont even come close to what i earn a day

there for it will be at a expense to me, i had an email back saying u are
EXCUSED from jury service

DanRSturbo

My mum's got out of it twice so far by being "seriously ill" and had a doctors certificate to go with it

Damo V

But the courts are paying circa Ł15k pa (pro rata) so that would mean MOST people would lose out financially, whilst I appreciate there may be a cut off, surely not everone would be allowed to get away with that?

If I had a "normal" paid job I wouldnt mind so much, but my basic salary will get me nowhere PLUS part of my salary is target related, I would also miss target by miles so will lose even more money...

OldDan

I've never been called up, would love to though.

melzieann

the woman told me that if i am at a financial disadvantage i dont have to do it altho this is not common knowledge

Fiecos Dan

Cant you show your previous wage slips to prove the amount your earn on a Average basis,

So unless they match that, plus the expenses, i dont see why you should loose out.

Jemma

I got out of it last month by saying i had a hospital app that i really needed to go to, just emailed them and by the next day recived a email saying i had been excused from jury service

Was quite gutted, as i wanted to do the jury service but health is more important

Fil

my excuse would be,

I have the attention span of a peanut, when something don't interest me, therfore i'd guess you really wouldn't want me there.

thanks

melzieann

exactly why should any 1 loose out bcos of some thieving pikey

i didnt even have to show my wage slips they took my word for it and excused me

rssteve

so they only pay a set wage? I thought they covered your average wage you would earn? How can they expect to pay someone on 40k the same as someone on 5k that only does a couples of hours per week for instance.

BIGMATT1

it does depend what you got arrested for, i rang up and they said unless its a serious offence or you done more than 5 years your not excused. I sent the form in and added what i got arrested for, got a letter back saying i was excused

Damo V

If you are there more than 4 hours they will pay you UP TO Ł59.96 per day for a std 10 day court appearance...

THE RADMAN

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ive done it twice now! you get the basic pay,then my work made up the rest,so i got exactly the same wages,no good if your self employed though you can claim extras for car parking and food everyday first time i nearly got away with it as i knew the defendant [gbh] so got off that one,then the next case the defendant didnt want me as a juror so i got asked to leave,lol, on the second time ,one of the jurors came back half pissed from the dinner time session and he got thrown off and bollocked on the first day,but it got him off doing it ,he was told not to come back you could always try that one damo

Ginge !

i got paid my full wages for jury service when i was made to do it,,,,,, actually i got paied more as my boss filled in before tax amount

i also got travel aswell as 5 quid a day for food as i never ate in the crowns diner

was when i was 22 though but i was on more than 60 quid a day after tax as i was paied 13.75 a hour over 9 hours

i heard the racist line works though but not totally sure

btw,, fuck me its boring,, i was there for 6 days sitting around doing fuck all then i had a case that went on for 3 fucking weeks that was MORE boring too

the case i had was credit card fraud, guy blaitantly guilty YET we found him inocent,,, well we didnt wanna spend a night i a hotel