That will happen even before they discover the truth of the matter (personal experience: I complained and the Magistrate told the Clerk to shut up!). We do not even know if an inadvertent overpayment had been made by the Council yet. My case was dropped and it was very similar to this. I did...
No end result ?
I found it interesting the different opinions, some which I thought were committing suicide. I have been guilty of going w/o representation and losing cases/disputes that I should have won at a canter. It is nigh impossible to getting legal representation for nought nowadays.
Usually it is best to have legal representation, if they are any good. Sometimes they are not. CAB is variable but they have the extra information.
The first question occurred to me is how much were you earning? The first thing to decide (if I was adviser) was to establish if you have been...