The government is ‘urgently reviewing’ guidance after a breastfeeding mother was told she would have to do jury duty.
This evening, the Ministry of Justice confirmed that she would be allowed to defer her jury duty and that their policy was not to expect breastfeeding women to serve.AdvertisementZoe and Peter Stacey with son Thomas and baby William Zoe suffered a number of illnesses after birth, with both she and William contracting neonatal mastitis and needing to go to hospital for three courses of antibiotics.
Her request was rejected, and she was initially offered the opportunity to defer her jury service to another date.Thomas Stacey holding William Stacey She searched the internet and found that other new mums had had a similar response when requesting exemption from jury service.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)