Jury summons

A jury summons requires you to attend court to serve as a juror on a trial. You must reply within 7 days of receiving this summons letter via the stamped and addressed envelope. If you have misplaced the envelope, send the form to: -

Jury Central Summoning Bureau,
Phoenix House,
Rushton Avenue,
Bradford,
BD3 7BH.

You may also respond to a jury summons via: https://www.gov.uk/reply-jury-summons.

 

Your reply to a jury summons letter can confirm your attendance, request to change the date, or ask to be excused, you should also inform the court of any help that you will need at the courts, for example, an interpreter, disabled access etc. You may be allowed to request a change in your duty because of a booked holiday, a medical procedure (plus recovery time), an exam or so on. Wherever possible include proof of this other commitment. Please note that the court rarely allows more than one change of this obligation.

 

Possible reasons for requesting to be excused from jury service:

• You have a serious illness/disability that prevents you from doing jury service;
• You are a full-time carer of someone with an illness or disability; or
• Have done jury service in the last 2 years.

 

What to do if you disagree with the response from your request to change the date of your jury service or be excused is refused then it is recommended to contact the Jury Central Summoning Bureau, remember to include:

• Why you disagree with the decisions;
• Your juror number (this can be found on your summons letter);
• Your name, address and date of birth;
• Name and address of the court you’ve been summoned to; and
• The date of your jury service.

 

You should email jurysummoning@justice.gov.uk. or contact the head of the Jury Central Summoning Bureau at the address shown previously. If you need assistance in responding to a request then please contact admin staff at your local county court who can guide you, should you need professional help in sorting out the issue then we would be delighted to be of assistance, however you do have a civic duty to attend if at all possible. Many find the initial idea daunting but then enjoy the intellectual challenge that sitting on a jury brings.

 

How we can help

To gain our assistance you need to open a case, this is done by taking advantage of our free consultation service, activated by the link at the top of the page, should you wish to start a case the caseworker will send you the suitable payment link.

 

Please note your caseworker can only give generic advice, their role is to prepare your details for handling by our legal team and to act as your point of contact, they will also issue you with your Password and PIN, these will be needed to log onto your client dashboard. From your dashboard you will be able to manage and view every aspect of your case, upload documents, images, files etc.