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Juries Act 2003
44Failure to reach unanimous verdict in civil trials
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### 44 Failure to reach unanimous verdict in civil trials
> > (1) If, after deliberating for at least 3 hours, a jury in a civil trial has not reached a unanimous verdict, the court is to take a verdict on which 5 of the jurors agree as the verdict of the jury.
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> > (2) If, after deliberating for at least 4 hours, 5 of the jurors in a civil trial are unable to agree on a verdict, the court is to discharge the jury unless the court considers further deliberation is desirable.