Employment
Employment Tribunal claims for employees
Employment Tribunal proceedings can be daunting, particularly where you are facing your employer’s HR team, solicitors or barristers. A successful claim requires clear legal analysis, careful evidence and proper preparation from the outset.
We advise employees on bringing claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, unlawful deduction from wages, breach of contract, holiday pay and other employment disputes. We can assist from initial merits advice through to ACAS Early Conciliation, pleadings, disclosure, witness statements and hearing preparation.
The tribunal process
Our work can include assistance with:
- Initial merits advice, limitation and ACAS Early Conciliation.
- Drafting or reviewing ET1 claim forms and grounds of complaint.
- Responding to employer defences and requests for further information.
- Disclosure, schedules of loss and preparation of documents.
- Witness statements, chronology, issues lists and hearing bundles.
- Negotiation, judicial mediation, settlement and preparation for final hearings.
Strategy and proportionality
A tribunal claim should not be approached as a paperwork exercise. The legal issues need to be identified early, the strongest points must be advanced clearly and the evidence should be organised in a way that supports the claim being brought.
We will advise you on prospects of success, likely value, litigation risk, settlement strategy and proportionality. Where counsel’s input is appropriate, we can prepare instructions and work with specialist employment barristers.
Clear advice throughout
Employment litigation can be stressful and time-consuming. We aim to keep you informed about what each stage involves, what the tribunal will expect and what decisions you may need to make along the way.
Our objective is to prepare your case properly while remaining alive to settlement opportunities and the commercial realities of litigation.