Jury Empanelment: Consultation Paper (pdf and Word)

In March 2013 the Commission was asked to review three aspects of jury empanelment for both criminal and civil trials:

• Whether jurors should be identified in court by name or number
• Peremptory challenges (and the Crown right to stand aside in criminal trials)
• The balloting off of additional jurors.

In particular, the terms of reference asked the Commission to consider the effect of these processes on jurors.

The Commission published a consultation paper in October 2013.

Download Jury Empanelment: Consultation Paper (pdf)

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