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[NSW] What happens if you fall ill or have an adventure during jury duty? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/auslegal@aussie.zone

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According to my mum: "if you even miss a single day they throw the entire jury out and have to restart the whole court case again so that the new jurors can hear all the evidence". I feel that would make longer cases exponentially impractical.

I can't find anything about this on the internet, other than for someone asking this question in America.

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[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

then had lunch with the judge during deliberations where we chatted about how stupid the case was.

I suspect they might see it as their duty to point out legal stupidity; if only just so that the jurors are not given a bad impression of the whole legal system.