Eligibility
All potential jurors are selected at random from the Electoral Register.
You are eligible for jury service if you:
- are 18 years of age or above at the date of summons,
- are 65 years of age or under at the date of summons, and
- have been ordinarily resident in the British Islands for a period of at least five years since attaining the age of thirteen.
You are ineligible for jury service if you fall into any of the categories of ineligible or disqualified persons listed below.
- Group A: The Legislature and associated bodies
- Group B: The Judiciary and associated persons
- Group C: Others concerned with the administration of Justice
- Group D: The Clergy etc.
- Group E: Others
- Group F: Mentally disordered persons
- Group G: Disabled persons
- Disqualified Persons
If you consider you are ineligible for jury service you are still required to write to the Court advising of the date for which you have been summoned and setting out how you satisfy the criteria set out for ineligibility.
If you consider you should not act as a juror due to your connection to someone who is ineligible or who may be involved in the case e.g. a spouse or partner you will need to attend on the day for which you were summoned and raise your concerns at court.