Jury service

[Amy65]

Anyone got advice 're jury service .I got a letter to attend court in June. I'm in so much pain off biologics secukinumab150mg monthly till I c rheaumtoglist. Gp sent me for x-ray of hips and knee cause I'm in agony .got a letter she n weds to c me 're results.dont know how I could attend jury service with my conditions and it's miles away not my local town any advice please amy

[beeckey]

I received a letter for jury service some years ago i just told the about my RA and that i was not up to it and did not have to attend.I am sorry i cant remember if i put it in writing or it was by phone.

[Amy65 in reply to beeckey]

Thankyou beeckey I'm worried I'll have to go x

[helixhelix]

There was a post about this a month ago. See here....

healthunlocked.com/nras/pos...

[Amy65]

Thankyou helixhelix might get hubby to phone them and explain how ra affects me I'm also visually impaired and have anklossing spondlittis to x amy

[popsmith1874]

I'm the same had a letter last year and just wrote back saying what illness I had and wasn't capable off sitting in court all week, got word back saying I didn't have to attend

[Amy65 in reply to popsmith1874]

Thankyou hubby doing a letter for me now did u include any evidence I have hospital reports should I send them x amy

[Allije in reply to Amy65]

Letter I had gave a link to online form to explain extenuating circumstances and of course RA is definitely one of those! I seem to remember I had to get a letter from my doctor- the form explained it all - do remember it was not an issue for GP. Obviously been asked lots of times before and there was no charge.

Outcome was I received letter saying that I would be removed from Jury Service list and never be asked again.

I should say I am in Scotland and so rules/procedures may not be the same.

It's not in anyone's interest to have someone on a jury who is too unwell to focus on what's happening. You should have no trouble getting out of this.

[Amy65 in reply to Allije]

Thankyou x amy

[Milo247]

I sent a letter back explains my physical limitations, they excused me from JJ with out any difficulty.

[Mmrr]

I was also called for jury service, my GP gave me a sickline which was accepted by the court.

[Bookworm55]

As others have said elsewhere there probably isn’t an automatic exemption for most conditions. However I was called for jury service twice over 30 years ago - both times I asked to be excused - once because I was 8 months pregnant and once because we were in the middle of building disruption at the school where I worked and I was concerned about the additional anxiety etc caused to my class of 5 year olds if I was absent at that time. On both occasions I was excused.

Just saying!

[Darnell1970]

I’m not sure where you live but in the UNITED STATES if you are a disabled person and like you draw for disability you can be exempt . Or sometimes with a doctors statement saying your not able to attend due to what disables you they exempt you or if they won’t exempt you for those reasons I got called and when the jusdge done his questions that they ask I told him I would never be able to vote guilty and be the one that would cause someone to go to prison cause there is always that little bit of a chance that they could be innocent . I got exempt for that not knowing you could

But good luck cause it is hard to get exempt from jury duty sorry to say that but it is true and I know I wouldn’t want to have to sit in there could go on for weeks sometimes and hope you get to feeling better may god bless you

[Amy65 in reply to Darnell1970]

I live in UK northern ireland .hubby has wrote a letter for me and i have enclosed medical proof so fingers crossed x amy

[Amy65]

Thankyou everyone for ur advice it's appreciated I'll let your know the outcome fingers crossed x amy

[AgedCrone]

Just call the number on Jury Service letter...usually they will cancel it, but if not just ask your GP to write a letter .....this happens all the time - don't worry about it

Tell them you can't sit still and would distract the rest of the jury - that usually gets it cancelled Straight Away!

[Amy65 in reply to AgedCrone]

Hi agedcrone thankyou I'm worried sick about it I'll send letter recorded delivery on Tues.i have enough going on without this x amy

[AgedCrone in reply to Amy65]

Amy don't stress over this too much. I know when you get the letter for Jury Service it does sound quite daunting , but don't let it affect your health.....people beta dispensation not to serve every day.

If I were you I'd just phone....you can speak to the right person who will tell you exactly what you need too do.

They certainly won't force somebody with health problems like yours to attend court.

[Amy65 in reply to AgedCrone]

Thankyou I appreciate that x amy

[Darnell1970 in reply to Amy65]

Don’t stress over it cause I really think they will exempt you they can’t go against doctor orders I do know that so don’t stress I’m always afraid to say they won’t then them end up not exempting you but I honestly don’t think you have anything to worry about hope you feel better soon

[JayneR]

Reply to your jury summons and explain your medical conditions and ask to be excused, otherwise if they do say no, you then have the opportunity to contact to the court nearer the date, and explain your difficulties and ask for a pre-visit to see if you can be accommodated, there are reasonable adjustments that can be made, but people can be excused if they cannot sit for an hour at a time without discomfort, and there travelling difficulties to be taken into account as well, if that would make you ill, it’s no good having an unwell juror...

The court will understand and will excuse you on medical grounds...

[Amy65 in reply to JayneR]

Thankyou hubby done a letter sending it recorded on Tues with 10pages of medical evidence fingers crossed amy

[JayneR in reply to Amy65]

It’s ok, I’ve worked for the court service for 33 years we are not ogres and it’ll be ok, please don’t worry..I’ve worked for them and I’ve had RA for 30 plus years..

[Amy65]

Jayne r thankyou for that I'm really worried .xamy

[applerose]

I very rarely come in here but I got an email mentioning jury service so I thought I'd reply. I was a jury summoning officer quite a few years ago. Anyone asking to be excused due to ill health, I immediately let them know they didn't have to come. If you are sending back the form asking to be excused, and especially if you have sent evidence, there is no way you will be made to go. Please don't worry and make yourself ill over it.

[Amy65 in reply to applerose]

Thankyou x

[A0176691]

I went for jury duty in Dallas last year. They give multiple opportunities to say you have an excuse to leave. They do not want you there if you are not 100% prepared to serve the whole time.