To claim loss of earnings, you should first ask your employer to fill in and stamp the Certificate of Loss of Earnings. If your employer does not have an official stamp, another piece of evidence will be required before payment can be made (for example headed notepaper or an invoice).
If you are self-employed, you will need to provide evidence of your earnings, such as an HMRC self-assessment tax return or certified accounts for the previous year to support your claim.
Loss of benefit
You may be able to apply for loss of benefit if your benefit is withdrawn during your period of jury service. You should contact your local benefits office to advise them of the requirement for you to attend for jury service. If they tell you that they are going to withdraw your benefit during your period of jury service, you should ask the benefits office to complete a Certificate of Loss of Benefit which should be submitted alongside your claim. Without this certificate being completed and produced, payment cannot be made.
Childminding/dependant adult carer expenses
These expenses are for the extra expenses of employing a childminder or a carer for a dependant adult. If you normally employ a childminder or carer, we will only pay the allowance, if court attendance means you have to employ them for long than usual. Please make sure that you and your childminder/carer fill in the Childminding / Adult Carer Certificate and submit it with your claim. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service set the childminding/carer allowance. If you are claiming for a registered carer for a dependant adult, or for a registered childminder, a maximum of £6 per hour can be claimed. If your childminder/carer is not registered, we will only be able to pay £1 per hour per child/adult. Without this certificate being completed and produced, payment cannot be made.
Other expenses
You may be entitled to claim for any other unusual expenses. Please make sure that you attach evidence to verify them and discuss this with the court to get it pre-approved before attending.
Before you apply
The guide to applying for expenses for jury service offers guidance on how to submit a successful claim.
Please note that if you are claiming any of the following expenses the additional certificates must also be included with your submission:
Please also remember to upload any receipts/tickets for any other expenses you are claiming e.g. travel/other expenses.
If you fail to include any certificates or receipts this may delay your claim being processed and your claim may not be paid if they cannot be produced.
The certificates and receipts can be uploaded as one of the following file types:
If a file does not upload if may be due to the file type being incorrect or the file size being too large.
How to claim expenses
Juror expenses have moved online. Our new digital payments service ensures prompt payment of expenses through our self service claim website found at https://deps.scotcourts.gov.uk/. Please ensure you read the above guidance fully before submitting your claim.
For help in completing the claim or if you have any questions please contact the central digital expenses team by email at expenses@scotcourts.gov.uk or by telephone on 0808 196 9138.
The Digital Expenses Payment System has been developed by SCTS to allow you as a Juror to claim for expenses online, either by using your mobile phone or a computer. The system enables your claim to be processed quickly and payments to be made directly into a bank account nominated by you.
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Your claim will be checked and verified within 5 working days of the claim being submitted and if the claim is accepted you will receive an email from NatWest Bank asking you to claim your payment. The payment is made into your bank account, normally within a few hours.