OHbaby! Forums : Jury service https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:20:49 +0000 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:00:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=20283 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Jury service : Poor Peachy! Look at your thread...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480427&title=jury-service#480427 Author: IVFGirl1111
Subject: 20283
Posted: 01 September 2008 at 3:00pm

Poor Peachy! Look at your thread from a couple of weeks ago and now you have been called up AGAIN! That sux!

Yah you got off Kirst ]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:00:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480427&title=jury-service#480427 <![CDATA[Jury service : LOL! I got excused! And... &#034;I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480385&title=jury-service#480385 Author: baalamb
Subject: 20283
Posted: 01 September 2008 at 2:31pm

LOL! I got excused!

And... "I advise that you are excused from further service until 15 September 2009." Just watch though, as soon as September '09 rocks around, I'm bound to be called again!]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:31:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480385&title=jury-service#480385 <![CDATA[Jury service : I was thinking about it, I don&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480375&title=jury-service#480375 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 20283
Posted: 01 September 2008 at 2:25pm

I was thinking about it, I don't think I would get called up here as the closest High Court is Palmy and they would have to put us up in a Motel for the entire time. And the closest district court is Wanganui and that would be the same as well as it is a 3 hour round trip (if you take the back roads). I want to stay here for a long as I can .

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:25:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480375&title=jury-service#480375 <![CDATA[Jury service : I&#039;ve never been called. I&#039;d...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480344&title=jury-service#480344 Author: Maya
Subject: 20283
Posted: 01 September 2008 at 1:54pm

I've never been called. I'd love to do jury service (coz I'm so nosy lol!) but I'm not allowed as I work in the media.]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:54:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480344&title=jury-service#480344 <![CDATA[Jury service : Bump for the person who started...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480325&title=jury-service#480325 Author: IVFGirl1111
Subject: 20283
Posted: 01 September 2008 at 1:38pm

Bump for the person who started the Jury thread :)]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:38:48 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=480325&title=jury-service#480325 <![CDATA[Jury service : I&#039;ve been called up 5 times...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472723&title=jury-service#472723 Author: kebakat
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 12:48pm

I've been called up 5 times and I'm only 23, been on a jury once but have got out of the rest but thankfully I'm exempt for a little while.]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:48:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472723&title=jury-service#472723 <![CDATA[Jury service : I have been called about about...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472720&title=jury-service#472720 Author: busymum
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 12:44pm

I have been called about about 5 times since 2003, I think all of them were in the first two of those years. Been very quiet lately so maybe they do back off after a while. (btw I have always been exempted)

Edited by busymum]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:44:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472720&title=jury-service#472720 <![CDATA[Jury service : Ive been called once, however...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472565&title=jury-service#472565 Author: lilfatty
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:20am

Ive been called once, however I was in my third trimester so wangled my way out of it.

They sent a letter to say I was exempt for the next twelve months.

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:20:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472565&title=jury-service#472565 <![CDATA[Jury service : I&#039;ve been called 3 times...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472562&title=jury-service#472562 Author: MrsMojo
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:16am

I've been called 3 times too. 

I sat on a jury once (it was a rape case ).  The second time I was 5 months pregnant but so big I looked like I would give birth any minute so I worked on my waddle and was challenged almost immediately after my name was called as I gingerly stood up and waddled towards the bench.  The 3rd time Michaela was only a few months old so I sent in her birth cert and got out of it.

 

DH has only been called once.

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:16:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472562&title=jury-service#472562 <![CDATA[Jury service : Grrr so frustrating isnt it! Fingers...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472557&title=jury-service#472557 Author: IVFGirl1111
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:09am

Grrr so frustrating isnt it!

Fingers are crossed for you chick! ]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:09:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472557&title=jury-service#472557 <![CDATA[Jury service : Yeah, I seriously considered ringing...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472554&title=jury-service#472554 Author: baalamb
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 9:07am

Yeah, I seriously considered ringing and asking the same thing when I got this one! My dad used to be called up ALL THE TIME. He managed to get off most of them, but ended up going to one that he wasn't excused from, and then not 2 years later, he got called again! That one, he got out of because you don't have to do it again within 2 years. Seriously though, the electoral roll is HUGE. Why me?!?!?! Hahaha. Hope I've given them a good enough excuse this time.]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:07:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472554&title=jury-service#472554 <![CDATA[Jury service : Oh suck! I know what you mean...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472548&title=jury-service#472548 Author: IVFGirl1111
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:52am

Oh suck!

I know what you mean about how it doesnt feel "random" - I wonder about it too! I have been called up 4 times as well - my Dad is DYING to be called up - but has never been!

I rang after I got my 4th one and said since I wasnt able to do the other ones does that mean I go to the top of the list etc - they swore black and blue that I wasnt and that it didnt work like that.

Tui - yeah right! ]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:52:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472548&title=jury-service#472548 <![CDATA[Jury service : i got summonsed when sarah was...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472531&title=jury-service#472531 Author: LizzyJ
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 8:24am

i got summonsed when sarah was 6 weeks old, they have given me an exemption for 12 months, just sent in her birth certificate and explained how the other jurors and trial people might not like me brest feeding during the trial!]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:24:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472531&title=jury-service#472531 <![CDATA[Jury service : You&#039;re lucky, they didnt...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472508&title=jury-service#472508 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 7:48am

You're lucky, they didnt wanna let me off for that! I sent a letter from my LMC saying that I was 36 weeks preg and got one back stating that I was still required to go - they got a very strongly worded one in reply. Never heard back. ]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:48:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472508&title=jury-service#472508 <![CDATA[Jury service : Ive been called up 3 times the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472483&title=jury-service#472483 Author: NovemberMum
Subject: 20283
Posted: 22 August 2008 at 12:12am

Ive been called up 3 times the 3rd time I got excused as I was in the 3rd trimester of my pregnancy.]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:12:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472483&title=jury-service#472483 <![CDATA[Jury service : I have been called up 4 times,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472465&title=jury-service#472465 Author: peachy
Subject: 20283
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 10:36pm

I have been called up 4 times, including on my 21st birthday!!! I was NOT happy!

Yet other people including my DH have NEVER been called up, he laughs when I receive yet "another" jury service letter!

I am not so sure how random it is either ]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:36:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472465&title=jury-service#472465 <![CDATA[Jury service : My mum used to get called up really...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472428&title=jury-service#472428 Author: caraMel
Subject: 20283
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 9:58pm

My mum used to get called up really often too!
She used to call it her bi-annual summons.]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:58:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472428&title=jury-service#472428 <![CDATA[Jury service : If they keep putting me at the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472425&title=jury-service#472425 Author: baalamb
Subject: 20283
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 9:56pm

If they keep putting me at the top, then it's not really random, is it? That's my point really. I don't know how it can be random if I'm just unlucky and get called almost every year since I've been on the electoral roll. Maybe it's just pure coincidence, but I'm having a hard time believing that LOL! ]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:56:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472425&title=jury-service#472425 <![CDATA[Jury service : From what I know its the electoral...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472419&title=jury-service#472419 Author: emz
Subject: 20283
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 9:48pm

From what I know its the electoral roll (and of course some people are exempt due to their work being conflict of interests or too important to leave blah blah blah), but maybe because you've got out of it so many times they keep putting you at the top. After all, it's our 'civic duty' etc etc to do it. I've been called up twice, both time while I was pregnant so haven't been able to do it.]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:48:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472419&title=jury-service#472419 <![CDATA[Jury service : Can anyone tell me the exact process...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472417&title=jury-service#472417 Author: baalamb
Subject: 20283
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 9:44pm

Can anyone tell me the exact process they use to determine this 'random' draw for jury service?!

I swear it is not random, and I swear I'm on their top list of people to call on. I was sent a letter when I was pregnant, again when Ashlee was about 8 or so weeks old, and one again last week! I think I've had at least 3 before I was pregnant too. I've managed to get out of all of them so far. DH laughs because he's been summonsed ONCE. It's just not me, I don't ever want to do it if I can help it.

It drives me crazy. This seriously cannot be random, can it?! Do people who study law get to learn how they do it? I really want to know just how it's generated.

TIA!]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:44:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20283&PID=472417&title=jury-service#472417