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On 18 September 2008, the Scottish Government published a consultation document entitled The Modern Scottish Jury in Criminal Trials.  A number of proposals are made, including increasing the serving age for jurors from 65 to 70, changes to the excusal rules, the size of juries, situations where trials might be heard without juries and, the subject of this news item, the compensation paid for jury service.

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Posted October 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

On 29 September 2008, the Scottish Government published a consultation document entitled Consultation on Allowance Rates for Justices of the Peace in Scotland.

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Posted October 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

Last week’s news item is repeated here as it contained a minor error and the official document has now been posted on the HM Courts Service website.

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Posted July 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

With effect from 2 June 2008, the maximum daily rates of the financial loss allowances available to jurors have been increased by 2.2%, as follows: Continue reading

Posted July 7th, 2008 | No Comments »