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Authored by: bugstomper on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 02:53 AM EDT |
This article indicates that there can be jury trials in certain civil cases in
Australia, but no juries for most civil cases.
From HSC
Legal Studies Juries - overview
A jury can be used in
non-criminal cases, including:
- defamation cases;
- cases in
the District Court at the request of a party and subject to the Judge agreeing
that it is in the interests of justice to have a jury involved;
- cases
in the Supreme Court at the request of a party and subject to the Judge agreeing
that it is in the interests of justice to have a jury
involved;
- coronial inquests in limited
circumstances.
Usually, a jury in a civil case is only four
people, but the size of a jury in a civil case in the Supreme Court can be
increased to 12 people if a party to the case asks the Court to do so. A jury in
a coronial inquest is six people.
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