When the court gives a judgment that differs from the jury's verdict, what must the written judgment itself show?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In the practice file for this exercise we read the certified copy of the judgment for the statement of reasons, and the jury's verdict recording the result the jury reached, so that the two can be compared.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the condition as written: where the court delivers a judgment that differs from the jury's verdict, the judgment must record the reasons for that departure, so a judgment silent on the point does not meet what the provision requires.
Another reading notes that the provision fixes what the judgment must state but not how far the reasons must go, and that recording the jury's opinion itself is put in the discretionary form 'may record', so the reasons duty stands whether or not the opinion appears in the judgment.
Your judgment
When the judgment's reasons touch the jury's verdict, what in the record would show how specific those reasons must be?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to require recording the jury's opinion or to set how detailed the reasons must be, or if a court decision on this point is handed down.