Employment Law Fees - Employers

Employment Tribunal Claims for Unfair Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal and Constructive Unfair Dismissal

In the event that you are faced with an Employment Tribunal Claim, the expert solicitors at Farnworth Rose can offer the legal protection that you need.

Our charges for defending a claim of Unfair or Wrong Dismissal brought by a former employee to the point of an Employment Tribunal hearing will usually range from £9,000 to £16,000 (plus Vat) depending upon the relevant facts and complexity of the claim.

Our charges are based upon the work and actual time spent by one of our qualified Solicitors in formulating the business’s defence to the claim and all the working entailed in preparing for the Tribunal hearing, that work being charged at an hourly rate of £272 plus Vat (£326.40).

In the event there is no settlement of the claim before the Tribunal hearing, there will then be a requirement for a Barrister to present the business’s defence.  The hourly rate a Barrister will charge will be dependent upon his or her expertise and experience.  For these types of claims in the Employment Tribunal, a Barrister’s fee will usually range from £950 to £1,250 plus Vat per day.

Whether you are bringing, or in this case defending a claim in the Employment Tribunal, it is not a fast process. The average time between being notified by the Employment Tribunal that a claim has been issued against a business and that claim being decided upon is currently around 26 weeks.

The key stages of defending a claim being the preparation and submission of the business’s defence, then the collation, disclosure and exchange of documents, the drafting of witness statements and then the Tribunal hearing itself.

For a no obligation personal quote please call 01282 695400 or click here to email us.

Employment Law Fees - Employees

Employment Tribunal Claims for Unfair Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal and Constructive Unfair Dismissal

Here you can find information on the costs and timescales involved in bringing an Employment Tribunal Claim.

Our charges for pursuing one of these types of claims on your behalf up to the point of an Employment Tribunal hearing will usually range from £9,000 to £14,000 (plus Vat) depending upon the relevant facts and complexity of your claim.

Our charges are based on the actual time spent by one of our qualified Solicitors undertaking the work required to get your claim to the hearing stage, charged at an hourly rate of £272 plus Vat (£326.40).

In the event your claim does progress to a Tribunal hearing (note the majority of claims settle beforehand) and there is a requirement for a Barrister to present your claim, he or she will charge a fee which will range from £950 to £1,250 plus Vat per day.

Should we agree to pursue your claim under the terms of a Damages-Based Agreement, then our charges will be payable only if you are successful in your claim, whereupon we take a percentage of the monies you are awarded at the Employment Tribunal.

Pursuing a claim in the Employment Tribunal is not a fast process since the average time between the submission of a claim and that claim being decided upon is currently about 26 weeks.

The key stages within that process are the issuing of the claim, receipt of the defence to the claim, the drafting of a schedule of loss, the disclosure and exchange of documents, the preparation of witness statements and then the Tribunal hearing itself.

All this, however, follows a mandatory pre-claim submission stage where ACAS seek to facilitate early settlement of the prospective claim between the parties.

Who will deal with my matter?

Steve Gee is our specialist employment lawyer. The supervisor for the employment law department is Craig Baldwin.

For a no obligation personal quote please call 01282 695400 or complete the form below and we’ll call you back.