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A decade of expertise in providing excellent client management in on all UK legal matter
A decade of expertise in providing excellent client management in on all UK legal matter
A decade of expertise in providing excellent client management in on all UK legal matter
A decade of expertise in providing excellent client management in on all UK legal matter
A decade of expertise in providing excellent client management in on all UK legal matter
A decade of expertise in providing excellent client management in on all UK legal matter
Employment Fees
Consultation Charges:
- Consultation charges with Senior Solicitor (per hour) £350.00 + VAT
- Consultation charges with Junior Solicitor (per hour) £200.00 + VAT
- Consultation charges with Trainee Solicitor (per hour) £125.00 + VAT
- Tribunal claims
As a basic guide:
1. Simple case: £2,000 – £7,500 (excluding VAT)
2. Medium complexity case: £7,500 – £15,000(excluding VAT)
3. High complexity case: £15,000 – £50,000 (excluding VAT)
- Simple Claim - fixed fee of £350.00 plus VAT to handle the Early Conciliation process
- Drafting a Claim - £1000.00 to £1,500.00 plus VAT
- Reviewing ongoing claim - £500.00 to £1,500.00 plus VAT
- Preliminary Hearing - £600.00 and £2,200.00 plus VAT depending upon the complexities and the location of the hearing and whether it is dealt with by telephone or in person.
- Disclosure of evidence - £800.00 to £1,600.00 plus VAT.
- Witness Statements - £500.00 to £2,000.00 plus VAT
- Hearing Bundle - £100.00 to £500.00 plus VAT depending on the size of the bundle of evidence.
- The Final Hearing - £750.00 to £1,250.00 plus VAT dependent upon the complexity of the case. If we are to represent you or attend with you at the Hearing, costs will range from£1,000 to £1,500 plus VAT per day depending on where the Hearing is being held.
- Settlement Agreements
We guarantee you won’t have to pay us anything when your employer makes a
contribution towards costs on completion of the Settlement Agreement. However
additional charges may apply should you require additional support and advice and
require us to deal with your employer in order to finalise the settlement. We will keep
you informed of this during our initial discussion before proceeding forward.
- Fixed Fees
If fixed fees are required, we can provide and estimate once we understand the case
and are able to define and agree the specific work you require us to carry out.
Sometimes we can fix fees for specific stages of the case or claim.
*VAT applied will be 20% of the Fees*.
**Disbursements are charges payable in addition to our fees, normally to a third party. They can include fees payable to barristers, search providers and travel costs. The amount charged for the disbursements depends upon several variables, therefore, we will advise you of the correct charges when we have an initial consultation to ascertain all the facts
Person Responsible for your Matter
Your matter will be undertaken by our Directors and will be assisted by a Trainee Solicitor and Paralegal.
Our Fees includes
- Initial instructions on the matter
- Providing advice
- Request for all required documents
- Review supporting documents
- Support in gathering further documents/evidence required for the application
- Engaging with third parties nominated by the client
- Prepare required documents and application
- Provide assistance on updates and further submissions
- Advise on the outcome and the next steps
Our Fees excludes
- Other expenses such as Barrister payments etc
- In the stance of refusal form the further appeals and submissions
- Court Fees
Timescale for the Application
Further, many cases may not simply involve unfair dismissal or wrongful dismissal but often have other claims linked to them such as discrimination, victimisation, unpaid wages and contributory conduct.
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
Simple Claim
We will carry out an analysis of your case and an approximate valuation of the claim and if there appears to be merit in doing so, advising you in relation to the making of an Early Conciliation referral to ACAS. This step is usually mandatory if you wish to later go on to make a claim to the Employment Tribunal.
Drafting your claim
We will review the history of the dispute case so that we can understand the basis of the claim and investigate the merits of the claim with you and advising you of the potential chances of success and obtaining from you relevant documentary evidence to support your claim together and drafting and issuing your claim with the Employment Tribunal.
The awarding of costs in Tribunal Cases
Unlike most civil litigation, the winner in an Employment Tribunal case is not usually awarded their costs to be paid by the other side. The general rule is that each party bears their own costs.
If a party has behaved extremely badly during their conduct of the case, then sometimes costs may be awarded against them but this is extremely rare and cannot be relied upon. If the amount of those costs cannot be agreed between the parties, then they will be determined by the Tribunal.
Duration
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 3 – 6 weeks. If your claim proceeds to a Final Hearing, your case is likely to take between 26 and 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.
