I was pleased to read that on the whole Paul Head found his jury service an enjoyable experience.1 Personally, I dread being called and indeed as a practice my partners and I have taken out an insurance in case of such an eventuality. I was also given a useful bit of advice by a solicitor of my acquaintance: when called for jury service start to cultivate a little Hitler moustache and turn up on the day in a pin-striped suit with a copy of the Telegraph under your arm. The defendant will quickly reject you as a potential juror. Clearly, this will not work for my female colleagues but perhaps they could dress up as Mary Whitehouse?
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