I was notified in June that I had jury service starting 19th September (so tomorrow). I had deferred this from October last year as my DS was due on the second. I got the deferral, all good.
I got everything arranged for Monday - cover at work (which has cost work quite a lot of money), extra childcare (I work part time), husband ready to pick children up if they are ill and taking a day a week off work for the next two weeks at least.
I got home from work on Friday to another letter from the court- I assumed it was more info about ?Monday but instead it stated my duty starts a week on Tuesday. No reference to the 19th at all. I tried to ring the court but at 4.45pm everyone had gone home.
Just wondered if anyone had heard of such a last minute change? I am absolutely furious. I totally understand the requirement to do jury duty and once I had got everything arranged I was ready to go. With a job and two children under 3 a change like this will cost us and my work a considerable amount of money. It just seems totally unprofessional to notify me a working day before I am due to start of a change in date!
I am going to go on Monday and show my original letter, explain the situation and see if
I can start but I am not holding my breath. My DH says I should stage a sit in!
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Bertieboo1 · 18/09/2016 08:47
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