Jury Service - No response to my request

enter_name

I recently got summoned to appear in court later this month for jury service. I replied to the letter via email asking to be excused and was immediately informed (automatic response) that I'd have a response within 14 days. I've had no response from any member of the courts.

Should I just not show up now or what? I don't think I should have to go out of my way to get a response from them if it's their inability to read an email or get back to me that's the issue.

Any advice here is appreciated.

GerardKeating

enter_name wrote: »

Any advice here is appreciated.

Just to cover yourself, send them a registered letter, stating that you requested to be excused via eMail, and you assume the lack of response is an acceptance of this excusal.

regards

godtabh

regardless of the lack of response you havent been excused

Peregrinus

You have not been excused. You need to follow this up by contacting them again, or you need to turn up on the day.

I agree that you shouldn't have to go out of your way to get a response from them. But, here in the real world, "shouldn't" is not "don't". You need a response from them; you haven't got one; and annoying though it may be it seems you will have to go out of your way because, if you don't, you won't get what you need.

Pistachio19

Do they give you the option to email asking to be excused or do you have to return the form they sent stating the reason? I can't remember. I returned the form to say I was available. Two days before I was to attend, my son ended up in hospital with suspected appendicitis. I was panicking about the jury duty and tried ringing them. Couldn't get through so I emailed them to explain I couldn't go. I got a letter ages later (well past the attendance date) to say I was excused.

taylor3

Last year I did Jury Duty and when they were calling out all the names to what I suppose you'd call a Roll call I was amazed at the amount that weren't present. I got the impression they just didn't bother show up. I got picked as well in the end.

Spook_ie

You cannot be excused from jury service over the phone. You must return your completed Reply to Jury Summons Form in the pre-paid envelope enclosed or email juries@courts.ie quoting your Jury Summons number. This is located at top right hand corner of the Jury Summons.

Just make sure you've ticked all the boxes, crossed the t's and Dotted the i's and keep a copy of the email to hand, but no harm in emailing them again and just as a note of caution you can't ask to be excused just because it doesn't suit you, there are only limited reasons

​If you wish to apply to be excused from jury service, please follow the steps below:

Complete Part 3 of the Reply to Jury Summons form and explain your reasons as fully as possible, and
enclose any documents or certificates that will help to support your application.
The County Registrar will consider any documents you submit as supporting evidence with the Reply to Jury Summons as part of the process. Please send photocopies of documents rather than originals as we destroy documents you send us after we check them (you can access information about how we deal with personal details here).

For example:

If you have diffficulty in attending for jury service because you:
Evidence needed:
are caring for young children
Photocopies of the children's birth certs
are self employed
Written request on your business's headed paper and include other documents such as a Companies Registration or Revenue certificate, or a letter from your accountant
have a medical condition or you are a carer
A letter from your GP or other medical practitioners confirming you are unable to attend.
will be abroad on holiday
Copies of flight details or other forms of evidence.

Yyhhuuu

GerardKeating wrote: »

Just to cover yourself, send them a registered letter, stating that you requested to be excused via eMail, and you assume the lack of response is an acceptance of this excusal.

regards

Why should you go to the expense of registered letter. It's easy to tell someone to do this when you're not paying. I personally would send a letter and get cert. Of postage( free,) and send e mail.

enter_name

Thanks for the replies.

I finally got a follow up letter in the post. Why they couldn't just email me back and spare the expense of a letter and stamp is beyond me though.

ted1

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

Why should you go to the expense of registered letter. It's easy to tell someone to do this when you're not paying. I personally would send a letter and get cert. Of postage( free,) and send e mail.

Civic duty.
He also needs a excuse to get off. Simply having no sense of civic duty doesn’t cut it.

enter_name

ted1 wrote: »

Civic duty.
He also needs a excuse to get off. Simply having no sense of civic duty doesn’t cut it.

FYI I did have a valid excuse and was excused. Maybe don't always think the worst of people.

ted1

enter_name wrote: »

FYI I did have a valid excuse and was excused. Maybe don't always think the worst of people.

I don’t we can only go by the information giving

Yyhhuuu

ted1 wrote: »

Civic duty.
He also needs a excuse to get off. Simply having no sense of civic duty doesn’t cut it.

My original comment has nothing to do with civic duty or not. The point I made is he could have sent an ordinary post letter and got a cert of postage rather than having to send a registered letter.

Yyhhuuu

In my case the courts service said by e mail I was exempt they then repeated this by post. This is a waste of taxpayers' money on postage and stationary.

tscul32

I got my summons a few weeks ago and posted a request to be excused on the basis of having to get my son to and from school. I got a letter a week later stating "circumstances have arisen making it unnecessary for me to attend". I presume the circumstances were my request for excuse, weird way of putting it though.

ted1

tscul32 wrote: »

I got my summons a few weeks ago and posted a request to be excused on the basis of having to get my son to and from school. I got a letter a week later stating "circumstances have arisen making it unnecessary for me to attend". I presume the circumstances were my request for excuse, weird way of putting it though.

Cases could have been curtailed with Covid.

I got called up through foot and mouth, all cases involving people from outside Dublin were cancelled

Electronic Writer

ted1 wrote: »

Civic duty.
He also needs a excuse to get off. Simply having no sense of civic duty doesn’t cut it.

Would having no sense of civic duty be a political crime or an excuse ?

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