Anyone recently been called up for Jury service in UK?

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 09:28

Anyone done this recently? My son has been called on to serve. He is self-employed and stands to lose a lot of income. What and how does he claim for expenses, lost earnings, etc. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 10:04

Hi Frontalman . He will be given a form to claim for lost earnings it is self explanatory and easy to fill in

Hope this helps you , Simbas

AndyR



Joined: 23/04/2009
Posts: 317

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 10:55

Try this, should tell you everything you need to know .....



http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoabout/jury_service/index.htm

cronos


Joined: 26/10/2008
Posts: 2093

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 10:57

If I remember from my jury service,the level of claimable expenses is limited.

So,if he is a high earner he may not recover all his "losses"

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 17:29

Thanks guys, very helpful. He is a s/e electrician so not a fantastically high earner.

twoexpats


Joined: 09/04/2009
Posts: 189

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 17:37

I thought electricians were reasonably well remunerated nowadays- am I mistaken?

bevbrighty


Joined: 15/02/2009
Posts: 24

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 19:12

frontalman



take note to what Simba is saying:claims form is self explanatory if your son has problems with it the ushers are their to advice and support

He will also be able to claim for travel bearing in mind some cases can last up to 3wks my last case lasted 5wks. he will be entitled to £5.25p per day for food which he can buy in the courts canteen some prefer to bring in sandwiches and still claim £5.25

hope this is of some use

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 19:51

hi,a friend of mine did this and ended up well in,was even given money to cover her Mother to baby sit for at least a month,she enjoyed every moment,seemed a good case,although she could never say,and she put herself down to do it again,and she did,think she was willing to make a living from it,but belive you can only sit twice,



Spider,x

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 01:24

Thanks Spider, and everyone else, just don't want him to lose out on what he's entitled to. He's had a run of bad luck recently, and getting called up to do this just seemed to be a continuation of this.

mrjim



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 78

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 04:22

he can ask to be excused from jury service that being self employed would have a debtromental affect on his business on the from he recieved it should state is there any reason why you can not do jury service fill that section in and send it back to them