Juries Act 1974

18 Judgments: stay or reversal.E+W

(1)No judgment after verdict in any trial by jury in any court shall be stayed or reversed by reason—

(a)that the provisions of this Act about the summoning or impanelling of jurors, or the selection of jurors by ballot, have not been complied with, or

(b)that a juror was not qualified in accordance with section 1 of this Act, or

(c)that any juror was misnamed or misdescribed, or

(d)that any juror was unfit to serve.

(2)Subsection (1)(a) above shall not apply to any irregularity if objection is taken at, or as soon as practicable after, the time it occurs, and the irregularity is not corrected.

(3)Nothing in subsection (1) above shall apply to any objection to a verdict on the ground of personation.