57Majority verdicts in civil proceedings

57 Majority verdicts in civil proceedings

57 Majority verdicts in civil proceedings

(1) Where the jury in civil proceedings have retired for more than 4 hours and they are unable to agree on their verdict—

(a) in the case of a jury consisting of 4 persons, the decision of 3 jurors, or

(b) in the case of a jury consisting of 12 persons or, pursuant to section 22 (b), 9, 10 or 11 persons, the decision of 8 jurors,

shall be taken as the verdict of all.

(2) A reference in this section to a verdict includes a reference to an answer to any specific question put to the jury by the court.

s 57: Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (13); 2000 No 31, Sch 8.