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Jury - Coggle Diagram
Jury
Civil
Decide if the claimant has proved their case
County Court=12 Jurors
Decide number of damages paid
High Court=18 Jurors
Senior Courts act 1981 gives right to jury trial in:
Fraud Case
Malicious Prosecution
False Imprisonment
Excusals
Armed Forces
Over 65
MPs
Served in the past 2 years
Holiday
Qualifications
Old Procedure
Owner or tenant of dwelling
New
s.321 Criminal Justice Act 2003
On the electoral role
18-75
UK Resident
Not mentally disordered
Not disqualified from jury service.
Change
Morris Committee Report
Criminal Justice Act 1972
Widened the qualifications
Police, lawyer and judges
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Now eligible for jury service
Coroner's Court
Not asked to return a verdict on guilt
Decide the cause of death
Decide where it has occurred in suspicious circumstances
Challenges
To the array
s.5 Juries act 1974
Jury has been chosen in a bias/ unrepresentative way
Challenge for cause
Grounds of ineligibility, disqualification or bias
Stand by
Allows a juror to be put at the end of the list of potential jurors
For
Public participation
Impartiality - different prejudices cancel each other out
Jury equity - decision based on fairness
Against
Bias
Manipulation by defendants
Jury Tampering
Criminal
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 allows trial by judge alone in crown court if.
Jury Tampering
Complex Fraud trial
Happened in R v Twomey 2009
Function
Independent and free from influence
Judges of fact with a right to return a verdict based on their conscience