Requisition to attend court

Hello,

My case is using the wrong oyster card.
1. I received the post for "Requisition to attend court", I am not sure if this means "single Justice Procedure Notice"??
2. Is there no chance to ask to settle out of court?
3. I am not in the UK on their given court date; any chance(and how) to request another day? Or what other way could I do it? As it only gives A) a guilty plea and attends on the requested date, B) a plea not guilty and will be given a new date.
4. On their given offence (the list of tap in/out), must I sign them all before heading to the court? As I could indicate which travel was actually made by the oyster card owner

Can you please elaborate on "wrong Oyster Card". Was it a Freedom Pass or 60+ pass or staff pass that you weren't entitled to? Or was it one loaded with a Travelcard type season ticket? Did the regular user of the card know about you using it?

What were the circumstances when you were found out?

Welcome to the forum!

We need more information to be able to advise. Please can you upload copies of the paperwork you've been sent, but do cover up your name, address and case reference number before doing so.

If you're dealing with Transport for London and the 'wrong' Oyster card is a Freedom Pass, Zip Oyster Card or Staff Pass that doesn't belong to you then TfL take this very seriously and prosecution is the noral outcome. They don't normally entertain out of court settlements.

Hadders said:

Welcome to the forum!

We need more information to be able to advise. Please can you upload copies of the paperwork you've been sent, but do cover up your name, address and case reference number before doing so.

If you're dealing with Transport for London and the 'wrong' Oyster card is a Freedom Pass, Zip Oyster Card or Staff Pass that doesn't belong to you then TfL take this very seriously and prosecution is the noral outcome. They don't normally entertain out of court settlements.

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ok understand.

Its with TFL on using 60+
But must I attend the court in person? If so, can I request another date for the court?

kkk said:

ok understand.

Its with TFL on using 60+
But must I attend the court in person? If so, can I request another date for the court?

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I can’t answer this until I see what they’ve sent you!

If you have received a postal requisition to attend court and the court is to be asked to take into consideration (TIC) other offences, this must be dealt with in person. Online and postal pleas are not possible.

A postal requisition is not a single justice procedure notice.

If you have verifiable evidence that you will be away on that date, you should write to the court right away asking that they reschedule the matter, enclosing said evidence. A flight booking pre-dating the date of the requisition would be likely to be acceptable. A copy of the letter should be sent to the prosecutor.

A postal requisition is not a request to attend court, it is an order. If you aren't in court on the given date, haven't appointed a solicitor to represent you, and the court hasn't accepted your request for the date to be changed, expect to be arrested at the border on your return and held in a cell until the next day the court can deal with you.

We need to see a photo/scan of the document to say for sure, however. Please cover or block out any reference numbers or personal information.

kkk said:

2. Is there no chance to ask to settle out of court?

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kkk said:

Its with TFL on using 60+

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It is extremely rare for TfL to offer an out-of-court settlement for any type of offence involving using an Oyster card that you are not entitled to use, they take these types of cases very seriously. If they have already progressed to the requisition stage, you can be pretty sure they are not willing to consider this for your case either.

It is a serious matter to be ordered to attend court in a situation where you are the accused. You should consider whether the risk of being arrested for failure to attend is sufficient for you to reschedule your overseas trip.

hi all. what is going to happen in court if i attend this?
do i have to pay the fine the same date over there? or will i get another letter about it?

kkk said:

hi all. what is going to happen in court if i attend this?
do i have to pay the fine the same date over there? or will i get another letter about it?

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If you attend court, plead guilty, and receive a fine, you will usually have 28 days to pay it. You can ask for longer.

island said:

If you attend court, plead guilty, and receive a fine, you will usually have 28 days to pay it. You can ask for longer.

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Is there any case they might do further prosecution(like fraud, etc.) after this plea guilty?

kkk said:

Is there any case they might do further prosecution(like fraud, etc.) after this plea guilty?

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For the incident involved, once you have been prosecuted, then that’s it - you can’t be prosecuted again.

But on the paperwork you have shown us, you only seem to be being prosecuted for the one incident at London Bridge. Does the paperwork mention any other incidents that TfL may ask the court to take into consideration? If it does, then they will have been dealt with and you won’t be prosecuted for them in future: but if nothing else is mentioned then if TfL find out about other occasions they will be able to prosecute for those other occasions.