Juror Notices Online
User Guide

1. Introduction
2. Login Screen
3. Address Details Screen
4. Age Details Screen
5. Disqualified From Jury Service Screen
6. Ineligible For Jury Service Screen
7. Excusable From Jury Service Screen
8. Occupation Details Screen
9. Declaration Screen
10. Receipt Screen

1. Introduction

If you have received a Jury Notice (Form 1) advising you that you have been selected for jury service for the year commencing 1 September, you are required to complete a Form of Return (Form 2).

You must complete and return your Form of Return to the Juries Officer within 14 days of receipt of the Jury Notice. If you fail to make a return within 14 days or make a false statement you will be liable on conviction of a Magistrates " Court to a fine of up to £1,000.

You can now complete your Form of Return online through our website at www.courtsni.gov.uk 7 days a week between the hours of 6am and midnight. If you complete the return online you do not need to complete and return by post the form sent to you.

In order to complete the return online, you will need your Juror Reference and Online Reference. These are printed on the Form of Return (Form 2) enclosed in your Juror Notice Pack.

If you are having problems using the online service or if you have any queries, please contact the Juries Management Team at the Customer Service Centre on 028 7126 1329.

2. Login Screen

In order to complete your juror notice return online, you will need a Juror Reference and an Online Reference. These two items are linked and are unique to your juror notice return. This helps to ensure that your details are kept secure and that no-one else can access them.

• Enter your Juror Reference
• Enter your Online Reference
• Click on the "Next" button

Online help is available by clicking on the "Help" button.

3. Address Details Screen

This section is designed to confirm that you are still resident in Northern Ireland and if so to confirm that the address details we have for you are correct.

Are you still resident in Northern Ireland?

• If you are currently not resident in Northern Ireland, select the "No" option and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Declaration Screen.
• If you are still resident in Northern Ireland, select the "Yes" option and the address details which we hold for you will be displayed.

Are these address details correct?

• If your address details are correctly shown on screen, select the "Yes" option and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Age Details Screen.
• If your address details are not correctly shown on screen, select the "No" option which will display house number and postcode fields to allow you to update your address details.

Search For New Address.

Select New Address.

• If your address is displayed in the list shown on screen, click on the relevant "Select" link which will update your address details and take you to the Age Details Screen.
• If your address is not displayed in the list shown on screen, click on the "Enter Address" button and manually enter your full address details.

Enter New Address.

4. Age Details Screen

This screen allows you to confirm if you are of the required age for jury service.

Will you be 70 years of age or over on 1 September next?

• If you will be aged under 70 on 1 September next, select the "No" option and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Disqualified From Jury Service Screen.
• If you will be aged 70 years or over on 1 September next, select the "Yes" option which will display a field to allow you to confirm your date of birth.

Enter your date of birth.

• If you will be aged 70 or over on 1 September next, enter your date of birth into the field shown on screen and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Declaration Screen.

5. Disqualified From Jury Service Screen

This screen allows you to indicate if you are disqualified from jury service under any of the categories listed in the Jury Notice (Form 1).

Are you disqualified from jury service under any of the categories listed?

• If you are not disqualified from jury service, select the "No" option and click on the "Next " button which will take you to the Ineligible For Jury Service Screen.
• If you are disqualified from jury service, select the "Yes" option. This will allow you to indicate under which category you are disqualified from jury service and provide some additional details regarding any sentence imposed.

Select the category under which you are disqualified from jury service.

If you are disqualified from jury service, select the category under which you are disqualified from jury service. You will also need to enter the date and details of any sentence imposed into the relevant fields and click on the "Next " button which will take you to the Declaration Screen.

6. Ineligible For Jury Service Screen

This screen allows you to indicate if you are ineligible for jury service under any of the categories listed in the Jury Notice (Form 1).

Are you ineligible for jury service under any of the categories listed?

• If you are not ineligible for jury service, select the "No" option and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Excusable From Jury Service Screen.
• If you are ineligible for jury service, select the "Yes" option which will update the screen to allow you to indicate under which category you are ineligible for jury service.

Select the category under which you are ineligible for jury service.

If you are ineligible for jury service, select the category under which you are ineligible for jury service and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Declaration Screen.

7. Excusable From Jury Service Screen

This screen allows you to indicate if you are excusable from jury service as of right under any of the categories listed in the Jury Notice (Form 1). It also allows you to indicate if you wish to exercise your right to be excused.

Are you excusable from jury service as of right under any of the categories listed?

• If you are not excusable from jury service as of right, select the "No" option and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Occupation Details Screen.
• If you are excusable from jury service as of right, select the "Yes" option. This will allow you to indicate under which category you are excusable from jury service as of right. It will also allow you to indicate if you wish to exercise your right to be excused from jury service.

Select the category under which you are excusable from jury service as of right.

• If you are excusable from jury service as of right, select the category under which you are excusable from jury service as of right.
• Also, you must indicate if you wish to exercise your right to be excused. Select the "Yes" option if you wish to exercise your right to be excused and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Declaration Screen. Select the "No" option if you do not wish to exercise your right to be excused and click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Occupation Details Screen.

8. Occupation Details Screen

If you are not disqualified, ineligible or excusable from jury service as of right, you need to tell us your current occupation or if you are retired, your previous occupation.

Search for occupation.

• Enter part of your occupation title into the field and click on the "Search" button. You can enter part of the occupation name and the system will search for occupations which match the search criteria. For example, if you enter and search for "clerk", the system will return accounts clerk, clerk, data entry clerk, etc.
• If you cannot find a matching occupation in the list, try leaving the field blank and just click on the "Search" button. This will display the full list of occupations available, in alphabetical order, and you can select the one relevant to you.

Select your occupation.

• From the list of occupations displayed, select the one which applies to you. The selected occupation will be shown on screen.
• In addition, if you are retired, tick the retired option checkbox.
• Click on the "Next" button which will take you to the Declaration Screen.

9. Declaration Screen

This screen will summarise the information you have entered and indicate if you are exempt from jury service or not based on the options chosen on the previous screens. If you are exempt from jury service, it will indicate under which category you are exempt.

You should review all of the information carefully including the declaration before clicking Submit.

Check and complete your declaration.

• Check that the details shown on this screen are correct.
• If you are happy with the summary provided, tick the declaration checkbox on screen. If any details are not as expected or incorrect, click on the "Previous" button to return to the previous screens to amend your details.
• Type your name into the "Signed" field.
• Optionally, enter your telephone or mobile number into the relevant fields.
• Optionally, enter your email address into the email address fields. If you enter an email address here, a receipt confirming successful completion of your juror notice return will be sent to the email address specified.
• Click on the "Submit" button to submit your juror notice return.

10. Receipt Screen

This screen confirms that your juror notice return has been successfully completed and submitted to the Juries Management Team for processing.

The screen will also indicate what further communications you can expect from us regarding your juror notice return.

If an email address was provided on the on the Declaration Screen, then a receipt confirming successful completion of your juror notice return will be sent to the email address specified.