Caught for buying child fares

[REO Nate]

But the financial cost of a solicitor could be anything up to £1k.

Yup. And it could be money well spent if it’s absolutely imperative the OP keeps his job and future career path.

At the risk of repeating myself. We don’t know the OPs financial situation to know whether this is an option or not.

 

[Fawkes Cat]

It may well be the case that WMT will settle and I genuinely hope they do. The vast majority of significant fare evaders I dealt with were offered settlements and chose to settle.

This topic is going way off track now and is distracting from the OP's original questions.

I note the second of the two points here, but I hope it's ok to go back to the first of them. Many of us here try to give our best advice, but we're outsiders, so an inside voice is helpful.

So on that basis, can @REO Nate let us know whether they've seen noticeably better results for passengers represented by solicitors against those who go it alone? If so, are there any insights they can share about what solicitors have done which the unrepresented might be able to learn from?

 

[Cowley]

So on that basis, can @REO Nate let us know whether they've seen noticeably better results for passengers represented by solicitors against those who go it alone? If so, are there any insights they can share about what solicitors have done which the unrepresented might be able to learn from?

This needs to be in a new thread really, otherwise it’ll bog this one down further and be of very little use for the OP.

Would someone be able to start one please?