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We’ve been advised that some members of the public are receiving suspicious emails in relation to Juror service. The emails ask customers to click a link to read and accept a Jury summons. The emails are being sent from a domain ending with the suffix .in. Please be advised that this email address is NOT a Ministry of Justice email address and Jury trial summons are sent via post. If you have received an email like this, please do not click on the link and mark the email as junk mail. If you have any questions about jury service, call 0800 COURTS (0800 268 787).
When you get your jury summons in the mail:
Find out more about filling in your jury summons response form
The court will pay you a fee for coming to jury service and help pay some of the costs of doing jury service.
Find out more about what you get paid
The second step is jury selection. This is when the jury is chosen from the group of people who have been summoned to the court for jury service.
Find out more about what to expect when you get to court
If you’re selected as a juror, you and the other 11 jurors must listen to all the evidence given during the trial. Then you must look at the facts and decide whether the person accused of the crime is guilty or not guilty.
Find out more about what happens during the trial
After a trial, you can find out the defendant’s sentence. You can also get counselling if you need it. You shouldn’t talk to anyone about what happened in the jury room, even after the trial has ended.
Find out more about what happens after the trial
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