Re below - it is very rare for a civil servant to claim exemption. They are expected to attend for jury service and are granted special paid leave for doing so. Understandably they cannot claim for loss of earnings. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Jarvis" <ros.jarvis@ntlworld.com> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [SoG] qualification for jury service? > also some professions could claim an exemption - certainly civil servants > could and were expected to. > > Ros > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Wilkes" <JeremyWilkes@compuserve.com> > To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:26 AM > Subject: [SoG] qualification for jury service? > > >> The only criterion (apart from eligibility to vote) that applied to any >> register for which I submitted a form was that of age. If you were over >> the age limit, you did not get a "J", and if you were below it you did. >> Being under the age limit, I received two jury summonses while I was >> ineligible for professional reasons. It was up to me to return the > summons >> saying why I was not eligible (or, as the case might be, exempt or >> disqualified). >> >> However, I recall that at an earlier time there was provision for >> identifying householders, I think by requiring their names to be placed >> first on the form. If I remember correctly, the first-named was taken to >> be the householder (and therefore liable under the law at that time) > unless >> it was made clear that there were joint householders. >> >> Jeremy Wilkes >> > >