Juries

Question 0

What must an individual be registered as before being selected to become a juror?

Answer 0

Electoral register

Question 1

Who chooses potential jurors?

Answer 1

JCSB

Question 2

What is the age range for potential jurors?

Answer 2

18-70 on the day of jury service

Question 3

How long, since your 13th birthday should you have been ordinarily resident in the UK before you can serve on a jury?

Answer 3

5 years

Question 4

How long will you be disqualified from jury service if you have served a custodial sentence of longer than 5 years?

Answer 4

Life

Question 5

Give a reason, other than having criminal convictions, why a person would be disqualified from jury service

Answer 5

Mental illness

Question 6

If you have a good enough reason, you can have jury service put off until a later date in the year. What is this called?

Answer 6

Deferral

Question 7

Give an example why your jury service may be applicable for deferral?

Answer 7

Exam dates

Question 8

When are excusals available?

Answer 8

If you are in the armed forces situated abroad/already served in the last 2 years

Question 9

How many potential jurors are initially selected in the jury pool from which the final 12 are chosen?

Answer 9

15

Question 10

What are the two types of vetting?

Answer 10

Background checks

Individual

Question 11

What is the challenge to the array?

Answer 11

A challenge, by either the defence of prosecution to the whole jury because it is believed that they have been chosen in an unrepresentative way or has acted improperly

Question 12

Challenge to the polls?

Answer 12

A challenge by either the defence or prosecution, to an individual juror, for unknowns ie relationship with defendant, having a conviction

Question 13

What is the name of the right (only available to the prosecution) which allows for a juror stood by to be put to the end of the list of potential jurors?

Answer 13

Prosecution ‘right to stand by’

Question 14

In which trials are jurors used?

Answer 14

Civil
Criminal
Coroners

Question 15

What is the lowest majority of a majority verdict?

Answer 15

10-2

Question 16

Interfering with jurors through threats and intimidation, in order to influence the outcome of a trial is known as what?

Answer 16

Nobbling

Question 17

Jurors are used in what caught to determine the cause of death in unusual circumstances?

Answer 17

Coroners

Question 18

What is jury equity?

Case example

Answer 18

The name give to the idea that jurors can make decisions based on ideas of fairness even when the DONT strictly follow the law
Pointings case

Question 19

What happened in R v Young?

Answer 19

Tried to contact dead through oujii board

Question 20

What happened in the Mirza case?

Answer 20

Concerns over the discussion and direction of the verdict

Question 21

What reason has been given for not letting blind/death people act as jurors even when signers/interpreters could be used?

Answer 21

Can’t have 13th person

Question 22

What would it be an offence for a juror to do under s.8 of the Contempt of Court Act?

Answer 22

Discuss the case

Question 23

The independence of the jury was established in which case?

Answer 23

Bushells
Refused to change verdict
No food or drink

Question 24

Which cases are tried by the jury?

Answer 24

Crown court fit criminal trials on indictment High court, queens bench division for certain types of cases County court-similar cases to the queens bench division Coroners court in some cases

Question 25

Juries in civil cases

Answer 25

Dual role- decide whether the claimant and proven their case or not and then decide if the claimant has won the case the amount of damages that the defendant should pay to the claimant

Question 26

Juries in civil cases may only be used

Answer 26

Defamation-in cases of libel and slander False imprisonment Malicious prosecution Fraud All cases involve character of reputation

Question 27

Uses in personal injury cases

Answer 27

Trial by judge is rarely allowed Personal injury cases should normally be tried by a judge sitting alone sue to assessing compensatory am ages, conventional scales of damages Exceptional circumstances to be allowed Singh v London Underground

Question 28

Coroners court

Answer 28

Jury 7-11 used Under the coroners and justice act 2009 a jury will only be used if: There is a reason to suspect that the deceased died while in custody and that either: The death was a violent or unnatural one The cause of death is unknown The death resulted from an act of omission of a police officer The death was caused by a notifiable accident, poisoning or disease

Question 29

Disqualification

Answer 29

``` Criminal convictions disqualify a person from jury service Disqualified permanently for Improsoned for life Imprisoned for public protection Serving an extended sentence 5+ years in prison ``` ``` Disqualified for 10 years: Served a sentence of imprisonment Has a suspended sentence passed on them Community order Is on bail ```

Question 30

Excusal available

Answer 30

Full time members of the forces

Question 31

Discretionary excusal

Answer 31

Too ill

Question 32

Discharged

Answer 32

Mental illness | Lack of capacity on day- judge lets you go, blind death

Question 33

Criminal justice act 2003

Answer 33

Lawyers and police serve

Question 34

Selecting a jury

Answer 34

Official responsible for summonsing jurors at each crown court Those summonsed must notify the court any reason can not attend

Question 35

Vetting

Answer 35

Prosecution and defence have right to see the list Two types of vetting: routine police checks, wider background checks Eliminates those who are disqualified Political vetting is only permitted in cases using national security where part of the evidence is given on camera Terrorist cases Attorney generals permission

Question 36

Selection at court

Answer 36

15 and court clerk selects 12 | Dvd of procedure

Question 37

Challenge to the array

Answer 37

Jury being unrepresentative or bias R v ford- not multi racial R v Fraser

Question 38

Challenge for cause

Answer 38

Right to individual to sit on a jury Disqualified Knows defendants R v Wilson and R v sprason

Question 39

Prosecution right to standby jurors

Answer 39

Prosecution right to put a juror stood to the end of the queue of potential jurors Power used sparingly