Why is the only thing I 'win' .................... .................... ..

I was called, some years ago, and ended up on the jury for a rape case. It was an extremely strange situation, and we ended up acquitting the two young men, through lack of enough evidence. one of them was obviously an easily led type of person. he looked so relieved to be let off, and i hope he kept away from the other man, who seemed a much more likely candidate for rape!

That is very true! Things got quite heated when we were deliberating. Almost physical!

As long as you have the time then jury service can be a very interesting period. See how the law works in practice as opposed to the TV version. Then the most unexpected bit comes when you are all together making the decision. That van be very surprising; you hear what others have interpreted being different to your own clear thoughts and for some you wonder if they really are able to follow the case.

We do not often get or seek debate, that is real debate where we need to support our ideas/thoughts/practice. In that jury room when you are in a minority that is when you come face to face with opposition and need to make your own case. Win or lose it is an experience you will always remember.

I have never been called for jury service, and as I am 'too old' now, I never will. It has always been a mystery to me why some are called and some aren't. Is it really just random?

You have to enter a lot of competitions to really win much but you probably would if you did. I have won twice from Gransnet. Once a book and once a children's magazine subscription and a few other things like coloured pencils. I use Latest Deals.
I was not able to do Jury service for most of my life because of my job until the law changed. I was called once but I had only recently come out of hospital and I was excused.
It is fine if it is a short case but I knew someone who was on the Brinks Matt case which went on for 18 months and she was under police protection the whole time. Hopefully yours will be something relatively minor and short.

DS1 was called - when he was a toddler! We said he'd be glad to attend but would need time out for his afternoon nap....

I have never been called for jury service. I'm probably too old now anyway. Just reading through the posts made me wonder - does anyone know how potential jurors are selected?

Winning things you don't want eh ?? I entered and won a competition to win places at a Viking Weekend. Six tickets... only to discover my Viking Weekend is actually a Viking Weekender... a chance for Death Metal music fans to come together and celebrate Viking Metal ... which I now know to be a particularly loud sub genre of their favourite music. Happy days.

Done Jury service too and loved it. Learned a huge amount about drugs !!

I would love to do it.

Never been called for jury service, shame , I would have liked the chance. Didn’t realise there was an age limit, what a pity there isn’t one ( or doesn’t seem to be) for judges, given some off the lunatic decisions they hand down!

I've never been called for Jury Service, though I would have been interested to do it. I'm too old now. As for winning, I have not won many things, but, very shortly after joining GN, I won a lovely wooden pirate ship, in one of the competitions. My grandchildren have lots of pleasure from it and also think I'm really clever to have won it! I don't disillusion them.

I was called for Jury service just before l retired 2 yrs ago. It proved to be very long tiring days leaving at 7.30am for the train and often not getting back until 6pm in the evenings.
I was actually quite traumatised as on both weeks l was selected to be on a case. Some jurers attended the court each day for 2 weeks and were not selected for a case. I say traumatised as it was a particularly nasty case involving children on the second week ...l won’t say anymore but l found it difficult to sleep each night.
The first weeks case was bad enough but a little easier to cope with.

I for one would be more than glad if l am never asked to do Jury Service again. I could have received counselling as it was always offered to jury members if required but l just didn’t want to re-live the case again so l didn’t take up the option.

So ..just a precautionary note ...some cases are horrible to listen to and if you don’t get picked l wouldn’t worry about it too much.

When do you become to old to do jury service? DH did it a few years ago, it was very inconvenient as it was a particularly busy time of year for him at work, so he was juggling the two things to the best of his ability during out of jury hours. None the less he found the experience interesting.
I’ve never been called, but always thought it would be interesting. I think I would find it tiring now though.

I have been called twice but have never attended either time.
The first time I was working at a college and my boss asked for me to be excused as it was enrolment time and she said they couldn’t spare me.
The second time was a couple of years ago and I tried to get out of it as I have a guest house, it was summer and we had a house full of guests booked in. My DH was panic stricken as he did not want to cope alone but they insisted that I had to go. Fortunately the case was called off and they haven’t called me since.
It is not something I would relish doing.

I have never been called for Jury Service but would probably be exempt as an ex Prison Officer.
I entered a comp once for a week on a health farm and got a runner up prize of a leotard to do my exercises in ?
I entered another comp for a 2 week Caribbean Cruise run by a cereal bar Company ... and got a runner up prize of a years supply of cereal bars !! Omg boxes and boxes all down my hall, my kids begging me not to put them in their lunch boxes anymore ... so anyone who came to visit went away with a box of cereal bars !!

Knspon your DHs Dr can make sure he is exempt if he has health problems
I was called a few years ago,and the Dr, got me out of it

Jury service was something I always wanted to do. I was called last month. Unfortunately I’m no longer eligible as I’m 76. Sod’s law I suppose!

I was exempt for a while due to previous employment, would find it quite interesting but have never been called. DH has just been called for second time but had to cancel and rebook due to ill health. `He has already been told his parking charges won't be reimbursed in full as there is a cheaper car park at some distance from the court. Public transport would involve a 2 mile walk to bus stop. DH can't walk long distances therefore he's going to be out of pocket, doesn't seem right somehow.

My DH has done jury service and really enjoyed it. Often talks about it still, years later. I'd love to have a go, never been called. Once won a horrid egg and bacon breakfast (uncooked) with a thick piece of bacon and a dry mushroom. Most of it went in the bin.

Was called once and waited all morning. Eventually the judge called us all in and apologised for keeping us for so long in the dark. He said it was a custody case as the two sides had been trying to come to arrangement and had finally decided to be amicable about it and settle out of court (he said “pity they hadn’t done this before this point” and then made the solicitors for both sides apologise for “wasting” our time. We were given a lunch voucher (the least “we can offer these good people”) and my travel expenses and sent on our merry way.

Now work for an organisation where I can’t be called for jury service - though think it would be interesting if it were something like a murder trial etc

Should be “having said that I would like to have been called”

Havinfvsaidnthatbinwoukd like to be called. I guess it would depend on that the trial was. Financial fraud cases are to me very tedious and full of minute details and could be hard to follow. Some of the video evidence and descriptions of violence can be horrendous as well. I used to despair about just how awful human beings could be to each other.

I used to work for the probation service until I retired and spent some of my many working years as a court officer both in magistrates and crown court. There was one time when I was called but we were exempt from jury service as I could have had access to previous records of the accused. Now I would love to be called having a good knowledge of how the court system works. It would be great to see the judges from the other side of the court room and experience the system from another angle.
Sadly never been called again.

Does anyone know how old you would have to be to be exempt? Hate the idea of it would be hopeless t it!

I win something on the premium bonds nearly every month and I have won lots of interesting competitions but never been called for jury service DH has not been called either. I remember my father doing jury service 50 years ago and it must have been a harrowing case because he looked quite drawn when he returned home each night.