Forged Railcard (SWR)

[WesternLancer]

Hi guys, I have spoke to a solicitor who says if I pay him £750 he can get this settled outside of court and has a 100% success rate. Just wondering what you guys think about this as it is quite a lot of money and he says it has to be paid before I hear back from them however part of me thinks does he have a 100% success rate because they were never going to be taken to court in the first place?

It sounds from your first post that you have already written to the railway about this and you have shared your reply up thread which asks if they will settle it out of court.

If they reject your request that might be the time to engage a solicitor. But it's good you have an idea of what doing that will cost if your own efforts to obtain a settlement fail.

 

[AlterEgo]

SWR settle basically every time; likely their next response will be effectively an invoice for the monies outstanding plus an admin fee.

 

[JordR]

As one myself, take any solicitor who claims any success rate with a mild pinch of salt. Some of the best law firms in the world, and best KCs in the country, have relatively low success rates... because they take difficult cases.

 

[Bungle158]

Worth nothing from the diagram that the question about fraud isn’t about fraud per se, but rather fraud in order to secure entry to the USA.

Whilst l fully appreciate that this is not really an appropriate platform to delve the depths of ESTA applications, it is relevant to point out that that the Unlock site has a lengthy section on US entry and has a table of offences which potentially require travellers to use the visa route.

Identifying whether your offence is a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT) - Unlock

This is a short information page about moral turpitude. The aim of this page is to set out a list […]

unlock.org.uk

Interestingly, this page appears to equate "Serious Offences" with CIMT or Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude.

There is a specific entry for railway ticketing offences. In my opinion, rather confusingly written.