A trial judge's direction to a jury unable to agree may include a simple, unelaborated reference to the possibility of another jury having to sit without infringing the Black v The Queen principle of free deliberation, provided the direction as a whole does not create a real risk of pressure on minority jurors. However, as a matter of best practice, references to specific time limits for further deliberation and to the possibility of retrial should be avoided.
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