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onetwo_threefour · 07-17-2008, 01:58 PM

Okay we need to have a poll: Are you excluded/exempt or eligible for jury duty. Just for a lark.

I'm excluded. (another scumbag lawyer)

I was always under the impression that my spouse was excluded as well. It seems to me that spouses of lawyers and judges are also considered to be 'exculded persons' in practice, although not in law, because it is an offence for a person to speak to a lawyer about the case once empanelled. I believe they exclude spouses on thaat basis simply to avoid the appearance of impropriety. My wife was once called and answered that she was an excluded person on that basis. She was so mad that she wasn't allowed to do jury duy!

07-17-2008, 01:58 PM	#33
onetwo_threefour Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mahogany, aka halfway to Lethbridge Exp:	Okay we need to have a poll: Are you excluded/exempt or eligible for jury duty. Just for a lark. I'm excluded. (another scumbag lawyer) I was always under the impression that my spouse was excluded as well. It seems to me that spouses of lawyers and judges are also considered to be 'exculded persons' in practice, although not in law, because it is an offence for a person to speak to a lawyer about the case once empanelled. I believe they exclude spouses on thaat basis simply to avoid the appearance of impropriety. My wife was once called and answered that she was an excluded person on that basis. She was so mad that she wasn't allowed to do jury duy! __________________ onetwo and threefour... Together no more. The end of an era. Let's rebuild...