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Application for Exemption or Excusal from Jury Service in Scotland, Study notes of Judicial Systems

Instructions and a form for individuals who have been summoned for jury duty in scotland and wish to apply for an exemption or excusal. The form requires personal information, details about the reason for the application, and a declaration. The document also includes a guide to jury service eligibility and applying for excusal.

What you will learn

  • What is the process for applying for excusal based on medical reasons?
  • What are the reasons for which an individual can apply for an exemption or excusal from jury duty in Scotland?
  • What information must be provided in Part 1 of the application form?

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Application for Exemption or
Excusal from Jury Service
Scottish
Court Service
If you wish to appl y for exemption or excus al from jury service, pleas e read thi s form and the
Guide to Jury Service
Eligibility and Applying for Excusal’
car efu ll y befor e com pl eti n g it.
Please use a black pen onl y, and write in BLOCK CAPITALS.
Tick boxes as appr op ri at e. If you make a mistake/tick the wrong box, shade in the box, initial it, and mark the correct box.
On compl eti o n please return this to:
Location (from the front of your citation)
Send to
If you have been cited to the SHERIFF COURT
The court address on the front of your citation
If you have been cited to the HIGH COURT in
EDINBURGH
Justiciary Office, Parliament House, Parliament
Square, Edinburgh EH1 2NT
If you have been cited to the HIGH COURT in
GLASGOW
The Sheriff Clerk’s Office, Glasgow Sheriff and JP
Court, 1 Carlton Place, Glasgow G5 9DA
If you have been cited to the HIGH COURT
anywhere else
The court address on the front of your citation
Part 1 About you
Please Note: You must fill in this section carefully or the court will not be able to find your records. Your
application for excusal or exemption can only be considered if this section is completed.
1. Name
Date of Birth:
2. Address
Email address:
3. Personal ID number:
(This can be found on the front of your citation
form)
4. Citation number :
(This can be found on the front of your citation form)
5. Court cited to:
(See the front of your citation)
High Court Sheriff Court
(tick the appropri at e box)
6. Dat e cited to attend:
(This is on the front of your citation form)
7. Please prov i de any dayt i me telephone numbers wher e we can contact you bet wee n 9:00a m and 5:00pm. This is solel y
so that we can cont ac t you quickly wi th any further i nfor ma ti o n. It will not be used for any other purpos e.
Are any of the det ail s you have pr ovi de d differ e nt to thos e on your jury citation? If so, pleas e pr ovi d e the detai l s that appear on
your jury citation below.
Full Name:
Please enter all your names
Address:
Postcode email:
Scottish Courts and
Tribunals Service
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Application for Exemption or

Excusal from Jury Service

Scottish Court Service

  • If you wish to apply for exemption or excusal from jury service, please read this form and the ‘Guide to Jury Service Eligibility and Applying for Excusal’ carefully before completing it.
  • Please use a black pen only, and write in BLOCK CAPITALS.
  • Tick boxes^ as appropriate.^ If you make a mistake/tick^ the wrong^ box, shade^ in the box, initial it, and mark^ the correct box.
  • On completion^ please^ return^ this to:

Location (from the front of your citation) Send to If you have been cited to the SHERIFF COURT The court address on the front of your citation If you have been cited to the HIGH COURT in EDINBURGH

Justiciary Office, Parliament House, Parliament Square, Edinburgh EH1 2NT If you have been cited to the HIGH COURT in GLASGOW

The Sheriff Clerk’s Office, Glasgow Sheriff and JP Court, 1 Carlton Place, Glasgow G5 9DA If you have been cited to the HIGH COURT anywhere else

The court address on the front of your citation

Part 1 – About you Please Note: You must fill in this section carefully or the court will not be able to find your records. Your application for excusal or exemptio n can only be considered if this section is completed.

  1. Name

Date of Birth:

  1. Address

Email address:

  1. Personal ID number: (This can be found on the front of your citation form)
    1. Citation number:

(This can be found on the front of your citation form)

  1. Court cited to: (See the front of your citation) High Court Sheriff Court (tick the appropriate box)
    1. Date cited to attend:

(This is on the front of your citation form)

  1. Please provide any daytime telephone numbers where we can contact you between 9:00am and 5:00pm. This is solely so that we can contact you quickly with any further information. It will not be used for any other purpose.

Are any of the details you have provided different to those on your jury citation? If so, please provide the details that appear on your jury citation below.

Full Name:

Please enter all your names

Address:

Postcode email:

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service

I am below the age of 18

I am years of age and my date of birth is Now go to part 4 I have not lived in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man for any period of at least 5 years, since I was 13 years old.

Now go to part 4 Please read the list in box A in the ‘Guide to Jury Service Eligibility and Applying for Excusal’ before completin g this section.

I have been convicted of an offence and sentenced to one of the disposals mentioned in box A of the guide, and am not a rehabilitated person in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Please specify below the sentence, date of sentence and sentencing court:

and/or

I am on bail in or in connection with criminal proceedings in any part of the United Kingdom.

Please specify below the date and place (police station/court) you were granted bail:

Now go to part 4 Please read the list in box B in the ‘Guide to Jury Service Eligibility and Applying for Excusal’ before completin g this section.

I am ineligible for jury service due to my occupation.

I am employed as: (please specify below)

I am receiving medical treatment for mental disorder as described in box B

The precise category which applies to me is: (please specify below)

Now go to part 4

Part 2 – Persons not qualified or ineligible for jury service Please read boxes A and B in the ‘Guide to Jury Service Eligibility and Applying for Excusal’ before completing

this section. If you are not qualified or are ineligible for jury service please complete boxes below as appropriate.