Caught fare evasion by TfL

[WesternLancer]

Thank you all. I have to admit that I was really foolish and chose to do something very stupid and wrong. I am truly remorseful and will never break the law again.

It has indeed taught me a lesson, and I deeply regret it.

However, may I ask for some advice on this matter? What should I do for the next? I have contacted student union to talk about it. Should I contact a solicitor to represent me?

You should see what the Student Union advisors suggest - but they may have an arrangement with a firm of solicitors where students can see the solicitor for initial advice at no or reduced cost - so you could ask about that.

If you think the seriousness of what could now happen to your prospects for extended study and work in the UK are so serious such that you want to ask a solicitor to see if they can try to resolve the matter with TfL then you could ring one or two at least to get a quote on how much they would charge to tray and help you in terms of solicitors fees.

Firms that get regularly mentioned on this forum who have specialisms in fare evasion issues include:

Manak Solicitors
and
Penmanm Sedwick Solicitors

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[Sevenseven77]

thank you guys so much for useful information.

I asked Student Union yesterday and they are not able to give me any advice. I plan to ask for Visa team in our uni.

I also picked an Oyster card in the ticket machine, I give it to an office and took a photo. Should I mentioned it if I was sent a letter of prosecuting me?

 

[WesternLancer]

I asked Student Union yesterday and they are not able to give me any advice. I plan to ask for Visa team in our uni.

This is sensible. The visa team should be able to advise you on what impact any prosecution for this might have an a student visa application.

I also picked an Oyster card in the ticket machine, I give it to an office and took a photo. Should I mentioned it if I was sent a letter of prosecuting me?

Do you mean you picked up and handed in an Oyster card you found in a ticket machine? If so that is the right thing to do but it does not really have any bearing on what you did to give rise to a risk of being prosecuted.

 

[franow]

Hi what was the outcome of your case?

 

[Gloster]

Hi what was the outcome of your case?

If you have a problem, please start your own thread. It is forum policy to have only one case per thread in order that accurate advice can be given: even if two cases may appear superficially similar, they may require different handling.

It is unlikely that this case has proceeded very far.