Defending Employment Tribunal Claims
When it comes to navigating the complexities of employment law and Employment Tribunal cases, you need a trusted partner by your side. We not only provide comprehensive legal advice, but we also manage cases from start to finish, often conducting our own advocacy with a proven track record of success.
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As well as advising on all aspects of employment law, we deal with cases in the Employment Tribunal from start to finish (usually conducting our own advocacy), and we have an enviable track record of achieving success for our clients.
Our experience means we can guide you through the process step by step and help witnesses feel prepared, which is key to the best presentation of your case.
Litigation is an expensive, stressful and time-consuming process for all parties, and we are experienced at dispute resolution. We can advise you on the options available to you and where appropriate we can help you work towards an agreed settlement, using our negotiation skills to achieve a resolution on the best possible terms. Our team has experience of numerous types of dispute resolution, including judicial mediation.
If you are dealing with an Employment Tribunal claim (or a potential claim), contact us for a no-obligation chat to find out how we can help.
Why choose Mayo Wynne Baxter's legal services
Our employment solicitors provide expert advice to business across a range of sizes and sectors.
- Expertise: Specialised team of employment law experts
- Compliance: We helps businesses stay up-to-date with employment law updates
- Client Focus: Tailored advice for businesses of all sizes and individuals
Defending Employment Tribunal Claims FAQs
Key stages
In our fee structure we cover all of the work in relation to the following key stages of a claim and applies to work after receipt of claim submitted to the Employment Tribunal:
- Taking your initial instructions, reviewing the papers, and advising you on the chances of mounting a successful defence and likely compensation to be paid if not successful (this is likely to be revisited throughout the matter and subject to change)
- Preparing and submitting the response form
- Considering the schedule of loss submitted by the employee
- Exchanging documents with the employee and agreeing the contents for the bundle of documents to be used at the Tribunal Hearing
- Preparing the bundle of documents to be used at the Tribunal Hearing
- Interviews for witness statements, drafting statements and agreeing their content with witnesses
- Reviewing and advising on the employee’s witness statements
- Agreeing a list of issues
- Preparation for a Tribunal Hearing
- Instructing a barrister, if they are to be engaged
- Advising on and exploring and negotiating settlement throughout the process
This does not include applying for a Tribunal Hearing of more than one day in length, the preparation of a chronology, skeleton arguments or a list of the key people who feature in the case.
The time that it takes from taking your initial instructions to the final resolution of the claim depends largely on the stage at which the case is resolved and how soon the Employment Tribunal can schedule a Tribunal Hearing. Currently, the Employment Tribunal can schedule a Tribunal Hearing for a date between six to nine months from when a claim is submitted.
The initial date for listing will be provided when the claim is sent to you by the Employment Tribunal. This initial date will usually assume that the Tribunal Hearing will only take one day. If the Tribunal Hearing will take more than one day then the timeframe is likely to increase.
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What to expect when you contact us
- Once you have completed the contact form or called us, our client service team will call you back, to ask a few questions including your preferred method of contact. This information is then passed directly to the Legal Adviser who will be working for you. Once you are happy to proceed we will gather all the relevant information and your file will be opened almost immediately so we can start work.
- A member of the Client Service Team will keep in contact with you on a regular basis throughout your transaction, to make sure you and them are satisfied with the progress of your matter. There is no additional charge to you for their involvement.
- We are here to assist you and ensure everything proceeds as smoothly as possible. You will have direct contact details for the client service team, who you can contact at any point during your matter.
Our aim is to make the process as easy and uncomplicated as possible for you.
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