Interview Under Caution Urgent Advice Needed!

dippy3103

controversy wrote: »

None. Even political enemies dont get sent to court for these kind of mess ups.

Not strictly true.... People can be and are prosecuted for less than that. All sorts of factors come into play. That's why nobody can say 100% what will happen.


To the o/p
Do you mean you think you owe £3,000 as an overpayment?

Guest101

My advice, attend, listen to their case and say no comment at this time.


Read from a pre written statement at the start of the interview simply to say


I, ______, did not knowlingly make any false statements, I have attended today voluntarily and am free to leave at any point, I shall be answering no comment to your questions at this time.


Find out what they have against you, but don't give them more ammunition.


And inferences are usually made by the court because the defendant answered some questions, but not others. No comment to everything.


Q: nice wether today isn't it?
A: No comment


Q: is your name____
A: no comment


etc.

sportsarb

Poppie68 wrote: »

All you can do a this point is attend the interview armed with the paper work that mentions your pension, it should of been disclosed to the DWP for both JSA and ESA but would only effect the claims if they were income related.. If the letter proves they were made aware of it then you should be ok.

Edit.. Apologies just 're-read your post....Pension disclosure on ESA claim only, the problem will probably be an overpayment on your JSA.

Pensions affect ESA(C) and JSA(C) claims as well. There are disregards on contributory claims but over a certain level benefit will reduce.

Housing_Benefit_Officer

Have you been notifying all relevant authorities every time your private pension increases?

bspm

I have just wasted almost 40 minutes of my life that I cannot get back reading all this!

For goodness sake op you will not go to prison if you are being totally honest about everything on here.

Let it drop!

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

Can anyone give someone an interview under caution? What I mean is if I suspect someone of ripping me off can I say I want them to come and see me to give them an interview under caution?

I am puzzled how it works?

dippy3103

A_Flock_Of_Sheep wrote: »

Can anyone give someone an interview under caution? What I mean is if I suspect someone of ripping me off can I say I want them to come and see me to give them an interview under caution?

I am puzzled how it works?

Enforcement authority's can conduct an IUC in the legal sense- which is admissible in a court as the person has been asked to give their account/explanation as the authority is seeking to establish if an offence has been committed & that persons involvement. Hence the caution.

As the caution will explain "you are not under arrest or detained here" which is why they are called "voluntary interview", as in the DWP can't make you attend.

Housing_Benefit_Officer

dippy3103 wrote: »

Enforcement authority's can conduct an IUC in the legal sense- which is admissible in a court as the person has been asked to give their account/explanation as the authority is seeking to establish if an offence has been committed & that persons involvement. Hence the caution.

As the caution will explain "you are not under arrest or detained here" which is why they are called "voluntary interview", as in the DWP can't make you attend.

There was a Council in Essex that had to write off a large number of overpayments and refund money and pay compensation when it was discovered that some people giving interviews under caution weren't actually authorised to do it.