20Number of jurors in civil proceedings

20 Number of jurors in civil proceedings

20 Number of jurors in civil proceedings

(1) Except as provided by section 22 and subject to subsection (2), where civil proceedings in the Supreme Court or the District Court are to be tried with a jury, the jury shall consist of 4 persons returned and selected in accordance with this Act.

(2) The Supreme Court may, upon application by any party to civil proceedings to be tried in the Supreme Court with a jury made at any time after the pleadings in those proceedings are closed, order that the jury shall, except as provided by section 22, consist of 12 persons.

s 20: Am 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [2] [3].