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06-12-2021, 10:45 PM | #1 | ||
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I’d resigned myself to a jury call-up, figuring a three week case divided by a six week holiday was bearable and might get me off the roll for a few years, if not forever. Start date Tuesday 7th.
Tonight I figure, better call the automated line to check all systems go. I hear “Your application to be excused, has been accepted”… I made no application to be excused. So I logged into the website to double check. Same response, my application to be excused was accepted on 2/12. Seriously, what? Is this the normal (inaccurately worded) response when a matter does not proceed to trial by jury? Or did the recent hospitalisation automatically disqualify me? I made one phone enquiry on 26/11 about the service period, in which I explicitly stated I was not seeking to be excused, and from memory didn’t even give my juror ID. I’ve pushed jobs around and let another bloke have a fat one (easy and lucrative) to keep the customer smiling. What a year; three months when we were locked on the spot, give or take, now I’m willing to give my relative freedom in exchange for civic duty and the government isn’t making it exactly clear on why I am suddenly redundant. |
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06-12-2021, 10:55 PM | #2 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Scales of Justice work in mysterious ways.
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07-12-2021, 07:48 AM | #4 | ||
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I'm excused Jury duty forever due to passed employment.
I don't find it an impediment...................
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BAII RTV - with Raptor V S/C. RTV Power FG G6ET 50th Anniversary in Sensation. While the basic Ford Six was code named Barra, the Turbo version clearly deserved its very own moniker – again enter Gordon Barfield.
We asked him if the engine had actually been called “Seagull” and how that came about. “Actually it was just call “Gull”, because I named it that. Because we knew it was going to poo on everything”. |
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07-12-2021, 10:34 AM | #5 | |||
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My main case was child p0rn. Found him guilty too. ***** was an active solicitor and was so dodgy. (Not as dodgy as some of the people called up for expert evidence - geez there's some terrible people around talking 100% shyte, in they are in our courts helping make decisions) He looked very dark when verdict was read out. They weren't ugly graphic but those photos stay with you. |
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07-12-2021, 10:37 AM | #6 | |||
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And this about how efficient I found the whole experience to be. Seriously the amount of hours and days wasted in those buildings for the tiniest of reasons is beyond ridiculous. How they manage to finish even one thing is impressive. |
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07-12-2021, 11:04 AM | #7 | |||
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07-12-2021, 11:14 AM | #8 | ||
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07-12-2021, 11:38 AM | #10 | ||
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You're double-vaxxed, right CB?
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07-12-2021, 11:47 AM | #11 | ||
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07-12-2021, 12:01 PM | #12 | ||
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and here I thought FGX5 was taking the angle "they found our from the chip" injection in to CB^s arm
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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07-12-2021, 12:27 PM | #13 | ||
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Yep, that's what I was implying. I think Billy gave me more credit than I deserved
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07-12-2021, 12:32 PM | #14 | ||
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07-12-2021, 12:53 PM | #15 | ||
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After 25 minutes on hold, finally received some answers. Of course, it’s the fault of Monsieur Covid.
As F71 intimated, this reasoning/wording is their “nearest fit” for not needing someone right now, but not taking them off the current roll of eligible jurors. I explained that having had two pieces of sensitive mail go missing recently, it was not much of a jump in supposition to wonder if someone was playing mind games or trying to consolidate an assumption of my identity. I don’t feel my point registered well enough and will seek to reiterate. |
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16-12-2021, 10:09 PM | #16 | ||
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Don't ever get involved in family court proceedings...
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17-12-2021, 07:51 AM | #17 | ||
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I did a rape trial a few years ago.
The perpetrator was found guilty on 2 counts. It was extremely interesting but also obviously painful for the victim having to relive the experience. |
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18-12-2021, 11:10 AM | #18 | |||
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How terrifying for the poor victim, it's a shocker |
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12-01-2022, 07:36 PM | #19 | ||
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Hi Guy's
i was on Jury Duty about 20 year's ago in Sydney. The case was a sexually assault of this girl by her step father. After hearing hour's and Hour's of evidence every day, we got to the last day which was a Friday and the mother was on the stand who was this guy's wife. She was asked a question by the Judge, answered the question and then decided to add something else she wasn't even asked by the judge. He told the jury to leave the Court and then called us back and told us Due to what Mrs X said there will be a retrial next year and he thanked us and that was it. How many thousand's of dollar's a day would that have cost? |
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