Jury service

eviltwin

I've just been summoned for jury service. I've no problem doing it but I'm the primary carer for my six year old and don't have access to childcare on the day I'm required. Is there any exemption on these grounds?

nuac

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Suggest you contact the County Registrar's office.
Contact details should be on the jury summons

mynamejeff

a jury is generally consists of 12 people who are too stupid to get out of jury duty.

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Kings Inns or bust

mynamejeff wrote: »

a jury is generally consists of 12 people who are too stupid to get out of jury duty.

There always the odd weirdo that realises for our system to function competant juries are required. May the time you spend locked up for something you didn't do be brief. Although if there was a cliche act...

vandriver

Yes,you can on those grounds.I did,as I had the same childcare issues.

mynamejeff

spend some time sitting on a jury , especially in a civil case and it becomes clear how silly a system it is.

Jury's should only really be used in exceptional cases

Kings Inns or bust

mynamejeff wrote: »

spend some time sitting on a jury , especially in a civil case and it becomes clear how silly a system it is.

Jury's should only really be used in exceptional cases

I'd need to travel back in time, but I suppose I could try my best.

As for any criminal matter tried in the Circuit Court or above, I'd suggest that was usually pretty serious.

Pro Hoc Vice

Kings Inns or bust wrote: »

I'd need to travel back in time, but I suppose I could try my best.

As for any criminal matter tried in the Circuit Court or above, I'd suggest that was usually pretty serious.

In Ireland some Civil Cases still use Juries. All High Court Defamations and certain other cases for example claims of trespass on the person if I remember.

Kings Inns or bust

Pro Hoc Vice wrote: »

In Ireland some Civil Cases still use Juries. All High Court Defamations and certain other cases for example claims of trespass on the person if I remember.

IIRC circuit court defamation cases have a pretty high jurisdiction, €100K? By the time it gets to the HC I'd hope it would meet the standard of serious! I'm pretty sure Jeff's thrust was in relation ot run of the mill civil claims - but we won't have the luxury of finding out now! :pac:

Trespass to the person is an interesting one, I vaguely remember it being still heard in front of a jury - anyone any cases?

Pro Hoc Vice

Kings Inns or bust wrote: »

IIRC circuit court defamation cases have a pretty high jurisdiction, €100K? By the time it gets to the HC I'd hope it would meet the standard of serious! I'm pretty sure Jeff's thrust was in relation ot run of the mill civil claims - but we won't have the luxury of finding out now! :pac:

Trespass to the person is an interesting one, I vaguely remember it being still heard in front of a jury - anyone any cases?

The Ian Bailey civil case was before a jury.

vg88

I got called up during my final exams. I wrote back saying I couldn't and they said that was fine. You should write back and explain your situation

hullaballoo

Kings Inns or bust wrote: »

IIRC circuit court defamation cases have a pretty high jurisdiction, €100K? By the time it gets to the HC I'd hope it would meet the standard of serious! I'm pretty sure Jeff's thrust was in relation ot run of the mill civil claims - but we won't have the luxury of finding out now! :pac:

Trespass to the person is an interesting one, I vaguely remember it being still heard in front of a jury - anyone any cases?

Defamation in the HC is €50K unless the recent jurisdictional change upped it to €70K but I don't think it did.

Edit: looks like jurisdiction was upped to €75K all right.
I wouldn't say it has to be that serious a defamation to get into HC territory.

False imprisonment is another civil action tried before a jury. Common enough as well, because, you know, arrest and detention powers are exercised incorrectly all the time here.

For example, though this is eventually difficult to establish, when someone is caught on the DART without a ticket, the carriage will often remain outside the next station until AGS arrive. This is because Irish Rail stag don't have effectual powers of arrest or detention so cannot hold the person if they pull into the station and doors are opened. So arguably their solution is to imprison the entire train load of passengers. :pac: (They won't pull into the station and keep the doors locked because that would make it too easy to prove imo.)