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If you're IVA or BR, would you still be selected for jury service? Just wondered!!

Would you be seen as vulnerable for bribes etc!!

Interesting question! I've no idea personally and never done jury service

If in an IVA yes - Bankruptcy you are prohibited as far as I am aware.

me neither, my friend at work has been selected.. and me being the curious type[:D], wondered if you would still be selected if on the register

Would I be chosen as a discharged BR or is it only prohibited if you are BR?

I've just looked on the Courts website and can't find anything about it Skip! I suppose if you got summoned you would have to phone them and check.

Daughter had to do it last year and apart from the first day, she never had to attend again, just phone up every night to see if her group was required. It never was, so a complete waste of time!

If there are restrictions I do not see the logic. Angela thinks that a bankrupt may be seen as susceptible to bribery but since a bankrupt has no debt then there should be no temptation. If the court service ran credit checks against everyone and found someone with £80k unsecured, a mortgage and secured loan, overdraft at the bank etc, then surely this person is more open to accepting a bribe than someone whose debt problems have been resolved in bankruptcy or by means of an IVA.

Over the years we have had numerous policemen and members of the armed forces as clients. Some of these men and women had personal weapons and when the debt problems became too pressing quite a few have admitted that they considered suicide. However, once the debts have been resolved they no longer have a problem and therefore are neither a risk to themselves or to national security.

I've always wondered that Michael. Regardless of whether you are in an IVA or BR, you have admitted your financial problems and are addressing them, so you should be quite safe.

As you say, it's the ones with the big millstones round their necks who could be open to bribery.

The courts wouldn't have time to credit check everyone would they? I can't remember what was on my daughters jury summons last year unfortunately.

It annoys me that at times we are treated as second class citizens by certain sections of society - and we're not!

I agree Michael. More of an issue for me would be that I used to work in the court service and I can still remember some of the names. If I was on a jury and one of them was in court I'd immediately think guilty! However, I'm no longer exempt!

I have made a mistake and even if you are an undischarged bankrupt you can still be liable for jury service. Sorry

Thanks for clearing that up David.