With only limited expenses and loss of earnings refundable,a jury summons can be bad news for the self-employed or carersRobert Smith*, a 62-year-outmoded management consultant from west London, or is doing his fourth stint of jury service. “I was surprised,but I have no objection, because I’m a firm believer in the trial by jury system and therefore see it as an indispensable civic duty, and ” he says.
However,Smith, who is semi-retired and on a fragment pension, or admits that it is easier for him than for many.
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Source: theguardian.com