Employment Law Services for Individuals

Everyone deserves to feel valued, respected, and secure in their workplace, but this isn’t always the reality. We provide expert legal support to individuals across all areas of employment law and are committed to protecting your rights and achieving the best possible outcomes in workplace disputes.

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Below is an overview of some of the areas we assist on:

• Unfair dismissal
• Redundancy support
• Disability discrimination
• Pregnancy and maternity discrimination
• Race discrimination
• Sex discrimination
• Harassment and sexual harassment
• Whistleblowing
• Contract disputes, Wage and Holiday Pay Issues

We offer different funding options depending on your circumstances to ensure that you can access the legal services you need. These include:

• No win, no fee
• Payment on an hourly rate
• Insurance cover
• Fixed fees

Settlement Agreements

We offer expert guidance on settlement agreements, ensuring you understand the terms and receive fair compensation. Our solicitors negotiate on your behalf to secure the best possible terms.

Your employer will usually pay your legal fees to cover the cost of our advice. We will not charge you anything extra other than your ID onboarding verification (around £10 per person). This means your employer pays us, so that you don’t have to.

Your employer will specify a “legal expenses contribution” within the settlement agreement itself (which is usually between £350+VAT* = £420 and £750+VAT* = £900. We guarantee to cap our fees at whatever your employer’s contribution is. Ultimately, this means that we will never charge you any more than your employer is willing to contribute, even if it ends up taking us many more hours than we expect it to.

ACAS and Employment Tribunal representation
We provide tailored legal support to assist you throughout the ACAS and Employment Tribunal process, however complex the claim. Our assistance includes:

• Taking your initial instructions, reviewing the papers and advising you on merits and likely compensation (this is likely to be revisited throughout the matter and subject to change)
• Entering into pre-claim conciliation where this is mandatory to explore whether a settlement can be reached;
• Preparing claim or response
• Reviewing and advising on claim or response from other party
• Exploring settlement and negotiating settlement throughout the process
• Preparing or considering a schedule of loss
• Preparing for (and attending if required) a Preliminary Hearing
• Exchanging documents with the other party and agreeing a bundle of documents
• Taking witness statements, drafting statements and agreeing their content with witnesses
• preparing bundle of documents
• Reviewing and advising on the other party's witness statements
• Agreeing a list of issues, a chronology and/or cast list
• Preparation and attendance at Final Hearing, including instructions to a Barrister

The stages set out above are an indication and if some of stages above are not required, fees may be less than our estimates provided below. You may wish to handle the claim yourself and only have our advice in relation to some of the stages. This can also be arranged on your individual needs.

Costs
Costs of tribunal representation can be covered by insurance (and we will check this with you before proceeding), be privately funded by you or on a pay at the end basis in some cases (this will be assessed and advised upon within the first 4 weeks of instruction). Costs estimates are as follows:

• Unpaid wages/breach of contract - Average £2,000 plus VAT* = £2,400 and disbursements**
• Unfair dismissal claim - Average £4,000 plus VAT* = £4,800 and disbursements**
• Discrimination claims - Approximately £6,000 - £8,000 plus VAT* = £7,200-£9,600 and disbursements**

The estimated costs cover all stages of proceedings up to and including a final hearing in the Employment Tribunal, including drafting initial pleadings; attending case management hearings; preparing a schedule of loss; dealing with disclosure of documents/preparation of a bundle and drafting of witness statements. We may also instruct and liaise with a barrister for any final preparations before attending the final hearing.

We charge based on an hourly rate which varies depending on the member of staff dealing with your matter. Our lowest hourly rate is £139 plus VAT* = £166.80 and our highest hourly rate is £282 plus VAT* = £338.40. The seniority of the members of staff dealing with your case will depend on its complexity. We will discuss this with you when you instruct us.

* Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as court fees. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process. Disbursements also include our ID onboarding verification of approximately £10 per person as well as a Barrister to provide advice (usually around £500-£1,000 plus VAT* = £600 - £1,200) and represent you at any hearings. The cost of a barrister attending a hearing can range from £500 - £2,500 plus VAT* = £600 - £3,000 depending on the length of the hearing and experience of the barrister.

Please note these are estimated costs and actual costs will depend on the complexity of the matter, amount of documentation, number of witnesses and the length of the final hearing as well as many other factors such as:

• If it is necessary to make or defend applications to amend claims or to provide further information about an existing claim
• Defending claims that are brought by litigants in person
• Making or defending a costs application
• Complex preliminary issues such as whether the claimant is disabled (if this is not agreed by the parties)
• The number of witnesses and documents
• If it is an automatic unfair dismissal claim e.g. if you are dismissed after blowing the whistle on your employer
• Allegations of discrimination which are linked to the dismissal

How long will my matter take?
The time that it takes from taking your initial instructions to the final resolution of your matter depends largely on the stage at which your case is resolved. On average an employment tribunal can take around 6 – 12 months depending on each case.

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Contact us today for a general chat to determine how best to progress your case.

*VAT is charged at 20%