Employment and Tribunal Claims Pricing Information

Our fees

Our starting approach to pricing is to use an hourly rate – these are listed below. The complexity of your matter will dictate how much time we would spend assisting you and the experience of the fee earner we appoint to the matter. We will initially assess your situation following which you will be given further information about our fees. At that stage you can decide if you wish to proceed with instructing us.

In general terms only, we provide the following information as a guide to our charges.

Our fees ensure that your unique employment needs are looked at in depth by a qualified solicitor and the hourly rates range from £110 per hour to £290 per hour.

Prices from:

Low complexity case (1 day hearing): £6,000 – £12,000

Medium complexity case (2 to 3 day hearing): £12,000 – £25,000

High complexity case (4 to 7 day hearing): £25,000 – £65,000

 

Services included

Contract

We will draft an employment contract that includes details about pay, workplace location, holiday entitlement, pension entitlement, notice period, and any applicable restrictive covenants. We ensure the contract complies with Section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

For consultancy arrangements, we will include all necessary details as defined by you.

Employee handbook

We will prepare an employee handbook covering topics such as dress code, equal opportunities, anti-harassment and bullying, holiday information, health and safety, disciplinary procedures, grievance procedures, sickness absence, whistle blowing, and maternity/paternity/adoption policies.

After drafting the handbook, we will meet with you to explain its terms. We will make any necessary amendments within seven working days following this meeting and agree on a final version.

Settlement agreement

We will draft a settlement agreement that includes standard terms such as confidentiality, waivers, non-disclosure agreement, termination of employment, and withdrawal of claims, along with other terms relevant to your situation.

Alternatively, we can review a draft settlement agreement prepared by a third party.

We will provide a written letter of advice explaining the terms, their implications, and any amendments made. Once you have reviewed the agreement and our letter, we will send the amended agreement to the other party. Each party will make necessary amendments until both are satisfied with the final version.

After finalisation, we will sign the advisor certificate confirming that you have received legal advice. You will then sign the agreement, completing the matter.

Litigation

We will represent you in defending or pursuing a claim in the employment tribunal. Initially, we will review your case and assess your prospects of success. You will receive a letter detailing our assessment, an explanation of the law, and settlement advice if necessary.

We will either issue a claim in the tribunal (particulars of complaint) or respond to a claim against you by drafting an ET3 form. This will include details of the dispute and your rebuttal. After submission, a hearing date will be arranged.

Generally, the subsequent stages are:

  1. Schedule of loss
  2. Document exchange: We will help you prepare and review relevant documents, organising them into an index.
  3. Preparation of documents
  4. Witness statements: You will draft your version of events, which we will review and suggest amendments for.
  5. List of issues: We will prepare this document detailing the legal aspects to be covered during the hearing.

We will prepare for the hearing by appointing a barrister (after consulting with you) to represent you, and provide instructions and advice to the barrister.

We can also negotiate a settlement at any time before the hearing. We will draft or review any proposed agreements and advise you on the terms.

Please note: The above timeline is an estimate. The tribunal may require additional or different tasks to determine the case outcome. We will keep you updated on costs and next steps as soon as possible.


Key stages of a claim

  • Initial consultation to gather your instructions, review documents, and provide advice on the case’s merits and potential compensation. This advice may change as the case progresses.
  • Mandatory pre-claim conciliation to seek possible settlements.
  • Draft and file the initial claim or response.
  • Review and respond to the other party’s claim or response.
  • Discuss the ongoing settlement and negotiate.
  • Create or assess a schedule of loss.
  • Prepare for preliminary hearings, including drafting relevant issues.
  • Exchange documents with the opposing party, and prepare document bundles.
  • Collect and draft witness statements, and agree on their content.
  • Review the witness statements from the other party.
  • Create a timeline.
  • Prepare for and attend the final hearing, including working with counsel.

 

Fee earner hourly rate:

FEE EARNERHOURLY RATE
Head of Department£260 – £290
Solicitor£170 – £260
Trainee Solicitor£130 – £170
Paralegal£110 – £130

 

Disbursements

Disbursements are typically expenses that a solicitor pays on behalf of a client for goods or services provided to or for the client. These can include costs such as court fees or barrister fees. We manage these payments on your behalf to streamline the process.


VAT

VAT is charged at the current rate at any given time. This is currently 20%.