Chapeltom
Established Member
Yeah, Northern. Its funny, because you only usually have to flash something orange to the guys at Lime Street. I've seen people without tickets walk straight through without a problem!
Thanks Yorkie, Id like to avoid a court imposed fine and criminal record at all costs.
What do you believe to be a good line of attack on this? Write to them when I hear from them offering to pay the compensation to the train company out of court?
I don't want to argue or to take it to court and try and get around it that way, I'd rather just pay up and accept it was a mistake and that I'll compensate for that.
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and by fine I didn't mean I'd like to go to court and pay the fine, I meant pay the out of court compensation fee, I just wasn't aware it wasn't called a fine as this is all totally new and foreign to me! apologies for the confusion!
Why is this so frequently the first response to so many that come here looking for advice? I know it's true but it sounds so pedantic and superior. If someone has to pay above the normal fare they will see it as a fine, even though we more knowledgeable types know it is really a penalty.You cannot receive a fine from a train company. Only a court can impose a fine.
It avoids confusion in any further discussions as "fine" means something very different (i.e. conviction and criminal record) to "out of court settlement" (i.e. slap on the wrist).Why is this so frequently the first response to so many that come here looking for advice? I know it's true but it sounds so pedantic and superior. If someone has to pay above the normal fare they will see it as a fine, even though we more knowledgeable types know it is really a penalty.
Why is this so frequently the first response to so many that come here looking for advice? I know it's true but it sounds so pedantic and superior. If someone has to pay above the normal fare they will see it as a fine, even though we more knowledgeable types know it is really a penalty.
Perhaps island had this morning's post in mind when replying?It appears to depend on the workload, and I don't know how big that is at present.
I've known Northern to take as long as 2 months to process an apparently simple matter which had (only) 4 Witness Statements.
Thats great, thanks again island
Hello all, I'm sending my letter off tomorrow AM and was just wondering whether anyone had any views on what to include and what not to include? I feel like this is my huge last chance to keep this whole horrible incident away from court and a criminal record, so if there's anything that you think might help, please let me know.
Thanks again