Jury duty day of attending a wedding

stevek93 · 17-10-2019 7:32pm #1

Hi,

Can an exception be made if one has been asked to attend jury duty the day of a wedding?

Thanks

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-10-2019 9:44pm

How close a connection have you with the wedding?

SmartinMartin · 17-10-2019 9:46pm

He's the priest.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-10-2019 9:51pm

SmartinMartin wrote: »

He's the priest.

Then he attends jury duty, as he can get a locum.

SmartinMartin · 17-10-2019 9:56pm

But then he'll disappoint the altar boy.

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salmocab · 17-10-2019 10:00pm

They seem to be pretty good about letting people off for it. Presumably it’s late in the week and your in from the monday? Send a copy of the invite and the hotel reservation if you have one and say I’m happy to attend mon - weds/thurs and I’d say you’d be excused.

nuac · 17-10-2019 10:06pm

Clergy, ministers of religion, nuns etc are all exempt from jury service
Re excusing from service - as Salmoncab says, except that some trials can run longer than expected so would be safer to seek to be excused for all that week.
Most County Registrars are reasonable about such issues

Sleeper12 · 17-10-2019 10:35pm

nuac wrote:

Clergy, ministers of religion, nuns etc are all exempt from jury service Re excusing from service - as Salmoncab says, except that some trials can run longer than expected so would be safer to seek to be excused for all that week. Most County Registrars are reasonable about such issues

I'm guessing here but I think they are exempt because they see the good in everyone. Every single scumbag in court has a reference letter from the priest. I'm almost certain that I read, a judge summoned the chaplain from cloverhill remand prison to explain how he can give a character reference for everyone man in cloverhill.

bfa1509 · 17-10-2019 11:18pm

Victor · 17-10-2019 11:48pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I'm guessing here but I think they are exempt because they see the good in everyone.

There are several reasons. Priests ten to know more people than others and they tend to know information that wouldn't be available generally, e.g. through confession or conversation generally. Other jurors may be unduly defer to priests.

stevek93 · 18-10-2019 9:49am

Jameson Rhythmic Smallpox wrote: »

How close a connection have you with the wedding?

My other halfs father is getting married.

Doctors room ghost · 18-10-2019 9:52am

Get a letter from your gp stating you are mentally unwell and unfit to sit on jury duty.theyll never bother you again.

evilcloud · 18-10-2019 9:54am

stevek93 wrote: »

Hi,

Can an exception be made if one has been asked to attend jury duty the day of a wedding?

Thanks

I'd just write back and tell them this. My OH was excused recently as I was unwell. They seem to be very accommodating if you have a valid reason

stevek93 · 18-10-2019 10:00am

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Get a letter from your gp stating you are mentally unwell and unfit to sit on jury duty.theyll never bother you again.

I could but I don't think that is the moral thing to do.

TuringBot47 · 18-10-2019 10:15am

stevek93 wrote: »

My other halfs father is getting married.

Definitely should count as an exception.

I got excused once because I had booked a holiday with a non-refundable deposit. Another time because I had moved to another county so wasn't in that courts area.

gmannix1000 · 18-10-2019 10:36am

A friend had really cheap flights (30euros return) to visit family he had in the UK, the week he got called for Jury Duty. He just sent off proof of flights and he was excused.

stevek93 · 18-10-2019 1:03pm

Thanks all looks like we should be OK.

Jury duty day of attending a wedding

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