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Employment:
We specialize in supporting employees and employers facing a wide range of employment law challenges. We provide expert advice and representation in the following areas:
- Workplace Grievances & Disciplinary Issues.
- Expert advice on discrimination issues, including age, gender, pregnancy, race, religion, disability, maternity/paternity rights, and equal pay concerns.
- Assistance when your employer breaches your employment contract, including advice on resignation and constructive dismissal claims. We also guide you through scenarios where your employer wants to change your contract terms.
- Guidance on parental rights, flexible working arrangements, working from home, and maternity leave transitions.
- Support if you’re experiencing workplace bullying, abuse, or harassment, ensuring your rights are upheld.
- Advice if you’re under pressure regarding time off due to sickness or holiday entitlements.
- Clear guidance on restrictive covenants and confidentiality clauses in your employment contract.
- Assistance with unfair dismissal claims and navigating redundancy situations.
- Comprehensive advice and representation in employment tribunals and civil courts, protecting your rights at every step.
We are committed to helping you secure the best possible outcome for your employment issues. Contact us to discuss how we can assist you. We have more than a decade of experience in employment law.
Our Fees:
We charge based on an hourly rate which varies depending on the member of staff dealing with your matter. Our lowest hourly rate is £143.00 and our highest hourly rate is £312.00. 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. We do not charge VAT in our all services. Our fees are as follows:
- Simple case: £800.00 – £3,500.00
- Medium complexity case: £2,500.00 – £10,000.00
- High complexity case: £10,000.00 – £25,000.00
Factors that could make a case more complex:
- 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; and
- Allegations of discrimination which are linked to the dismissal.
There will be an additional charge for attending a Tribunal Hearing of £1,000.00 per day. Generally, we would allow 0-3 days depending on the complexity of your case.
The above fees are estimates based on anticipated time spent by appropriately legally qualified or non-qualified staff. We usually charge on a time basis and details of how we would charge in any particular case would be set out in our client care letter, as would details of the seniority and qualifications of persons carrying out the work. In some very limited instances we may offer to carry out work on a Damages Based Agreement (no win, no fee arrangement). In those cases clients might be expected to pay disbursements including experts fees, Counsel’s fees, accommodation fees, and some photocopying charges.
During the interview with our clients we would determine and provide the information whether the matter is simple, medium or high complexity. Factors that could make a case more complex:
- 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.
Key stages:
The fees set out above cover all of the work in relation to the following key stages of a claim:
- 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) 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 Counsel.
The stages set out above are an indication and if some of stages above are not required, the fee will be reduced. 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.
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. If a settlement is reached during pre-claim conciliation, your case is likely to take 2-8 weeks. If your claim proceeds further to ACAS or proceeds to employment tribunal for a final hearing, your case is likely to take 20-52 weeks. This is just an estimate and we will of course be able to give you a more accurate timescale once we have more information and as the matter progresses.