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Jury duty

  • 26-02-2012 9:06pm
    #1
    avgjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi,
    I have been called for jury duty. I'm way behind on work/college stuff, can I bring my laptop in to do some work while I am waiting around? I should really have rang them & asked but I didn't think about it till today & I'm in tomorrow.


Comments

  • #2
    Milk & Honey
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭Milk & Honey


    Bring in your laptop. Tell the registrar or the judge at the earliest opportunity that you are a full time student. You will probably be excused from serving at all.


  • #3
    Diddler1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,765 ✭✭✭Diddler1977


    Yeah you can use your laptop. Monday is prob the busiest day with the roll call. If you don't get called for a jury you will be out of there by 11am or so.


  • #4
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Are full time student not exempt?


  • #5
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    Those who are excused as of right

    The following persons may be excused as of right from jury service:
    • Since January 2009 those aged 65 or over
    • Members of the either House of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament), members of the Council of State, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Clerks of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann, a person in Holy Orders, a minister of any religious denomination or community, members of monasteries and convents, aircraft pilots, full-time students and ship's masters
    • Those who provide an important community service, such as practising doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, vets, chemists, etc.
    • The following persons if it is certified that their functions cannot reasonably be performed by another person or postponed; members of staff of either House of the Oireachtas, Heads of Government Departments, other civil servants, chief executive officers and employees of local authorities, Health Service Executive (HSE) Areas and harbour authorities, school teachers and university lecturers.
    • Those who have served on a jury within the last three years or who have been excused by a judge at the conclusion of a previous period of service for a period that has not ended.


    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/courtroom/eligibility_and_selection.html


  • #6
    avgjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭avgjoe


    I'm not a fulltime student, I work fulltime & am in college at night. Thanks for the info, I'll bring the laptop along & try & get some stuff done.


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