About ten years ago I was called for Jury Service. At that time I was running a successful company and unable to serve. Her Majesty's Court Service was kind and deferred my service. However, after ten years the deferrment expired and I was called again for Jury Service. This involved reporting to the local Crown Court and waiting in a room with a hundred other potential jurors called "Jurors in Waiting". Occasionally a clerk would enter the room and call out fifteen names. My name was called once and I had to troupe out with my fifteen fellow potential jurors and attend court. Fifteen jurors are called but only twelve are required, the three spare jurors allow for people to drop out if they know anyone involved in the case. No-one dropped out in my case and I was one of the three jurors who were not required. I was not called again although I spent three days waiting. I was lucky, it was nearly Xmas - at other times of year I might have spent two weeks waiting. Duri...