Qualifications of Jurymen
The basic qualification of jurymen is that of citizenship as evidenced by inclusion in the Electoral
Register. Anyone between the ages of 18 and 65 registered as an elector who has lived in England
or Wales for five years or more since the age of 13 becomes liable for jury service.
Payments in respect of jury service for travelling, subsistence and financial loss are made to jurors.
Anyone who has been imprisoned in the past ten years is disqualified from serving on a jury as is
anyone who has been on probation during the previous five years.
Judges, M.P.s, clergymen, barristers, solicitors, medical practitioners, members of H.M. Forces and
police officers are among the persons exempt from jury service. Mentally ill persons are illegible.

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