We regularly act for employees and employers, across all areas of business, and we deal with all employment issues.

If, as an employee, you have a grievance or are facing the termination of your employment, then we can assist you in dealing with your employers. If, as an employee, you believe you have been discriminated against or your employer is trying to take away one of your contractual entitlements, then we can assist you and, although we try to avoid pursuing litigation through the Employment Tribunal or Courts, we can represent you at these forums should it be necessary to do so. In the first instance we try to bring about a negotiated settlement, and if you are entitled to compensation, we endeavour to obtain full compensation for you. We have represented employees on numerous occasions, and we understand that a dispute with your employer can be stressful. We aim to remove that element of stress and will offer you sensible and pragmatic advice, keeping your legal costs to a minimum.

We do not only deal with litigation – we can assist you as well with your contracts of employment, explaining in simple English the “legal jargon”. If you need advice in relation to a severance package or new working arrangements which your employer is putting forward, then we can help you.

Our costs

Fixed Fee (estimate based on the work involved in conducting the matter)

Costs: Costs can be between – £1500-£5,000 plus VAT 20%. Average price £3000 plus VAT 20%. The Costs are likely to be at the lower end range if the case is a free-standing wrongful dismissal case or a straightforward unfair dismissal case. The costs quoted here do not include Disbursements: Any Employment Tribunal fees. Other expenses where applicable such as travel, payment for copy documents, etc, Counsel or expert fees, Employment Tribunal Costs Orders made against a client, Appeal costs, and The Enforcement of any order.

We will let you know at the earliest opportunity and before any such fees are incurred by a client if any of these are applicable.

Hourly Rates:

Most of our Employment cases are hourly rate basis. Please click here to see our hourly rate page or contact one of team members to discuss your case.

On average, this type of work entails 15 hours of work.

We will inform a client, after an initial paid meeting, whether a case is suitable for a fixed fee agreement or hourly rate base.

We may also be able to carry out work under Legal Expenses Insurance (If necessary)

The exact number of hours it will take depends on the circumstances in a case. Such as:

• The amount of supporting evidence that we need to consider.
• The number of witnesses and complexity of the evidence.
• The amount of documentation that we have to prepare.
• The amount of drafting that we have to carry out.
• The complexity of the case.
• The number of negotiations. Including ACAS negotiations, which we have to carry out.
• The length of any hearings.
• Whether there are any preliminary issues.
• The failure of a client to cooperate with advice

Please note that most of our employment cases are hourly rate basis. Please click here to see our hourly rate page or contact one of team members to discuss your case.

Included services

• 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)

• Negotiating with ACAS and with the employer.
• Considering Documents.
• Drafting ET1 and all Employment Tribunal Documents.

• 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/Remedy Statement
• 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

Our employment team leader Solicitor Mr Mohammad Mazedur Rahaman Chowdhury is assisted by Assistant or Trainee Solicitors.

Time scale:

Unfair Dismissal and Wrongful dismissal cases take between 1 month to 1 year from initial instructions.

Most cases have an initial time limit of 3 months minus one day to apply for an ACAS Early Conciliation Certificate.

Some wrongful dismissal cases can be brought to the County Court where the time limit is 6 years.

The Employment Tribunal may reserve Judgement and list separate remedy hearings, which increase the length of time.

Please note that the anticipated number of hours and fees are an estimate based on the facts above. All applications are likely to vary and of course, we can give you a more accurate estimate once we have more information about your specific case.

Visit Our Hourly Fees for our services costs.