Unfair dismissal/ wrongful dismissal Tribunal Claims

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The total cost of bringing or defending a claim can vary depending on the size and complexity of the claim but we would be happy to provide an estimate on costs or the range of costs on instruction.

We record time on an hourly rate basis and will where possible look to provide estimates at each staging post.  

Our costs (fees) are, in the majority of cases, based on hourly rates. However, in some cases we can offer other alternative fee structures for clients such as capped or fixed fees for specific pieces of work such as drafting settlement agreements.

For more detailed information on costs please go to our Range of Costs page. https://redhouselegal.co.uk/range-of-costs

All Tribunal cases are different and the timescales from the taking of first instructions to the end of a matter (whether through settlement or a final hearing) depends on when the claim is resolved. Sometimes claims are settled during the Acas early conciliation period before a formal claim is issued. This tends to take anything from a fortnight to two months. If the claim goes to a Final Hearing, then the timescale will depends on several factors such as the complexity of the case, the number of issues to be determined, how many witnesses are required, how busy the Tribunal dealing with the claim is and how long the hearing is listed for. A basic unfair dismissal claim that is listed for 2 days may take between 6 -12 months to be heard. A more complicated multi day unfair dismissal and discrimination claim listed for 5-7 days may take anything up to two years.

Clearly these time estimates fluctuate and we will be able to give more accurate timescale estimates on receipt of instructions.

Stephen Robinson is an expert in the field of employment law and has practiced solely in this area since 2000. Please see https://redhouselegal.co.uk/about-us-%2F-testimonials for further information.

Services will include but are not limited to drafting a claim form (known as an ET1) or response form (ET3)  together with particulars of claim / grounds of resistance (the detail behind the claim or response), attending a case management hearing , complying with directions which are usually completion of a schedule of loss for the claimant, disclosure of documents, preparation of witness statements, preparation of the tribunal bundle and attending the final hearing. 

For more detailed information of what services are included in the pricing/ costs set out and details of any services that might reasonably be expected to be included in the pricing/ costs set out but are not please go to our Range of Costs page https://redhouselegal.co.uk/range-of-costs

Likely disbursements in Employment Tribunal claims tend to be for counsel’s fees for attending hearings or drafting some documents such as skeleton arguments and also printing costs for the printing of tribunal hearing bundles. Our fees and any disbursements will also add VAT which is currently 20%. 

We will look to handle the third party disbursements as follows.

Eg, if counsel is instructed to attend a hearing, counsel’s chambers will issue Red House Legal with an invoice plus VAT (20%). We will then issue a disbursement only invoice to the client on receipt. 

For more detailed information of what disbursements may be included in the pricing/ costs set out please go to our Range of Costs page https://redhouselegal.co.uk/range-of-costs

Please contact Stephen Robinson should you have any specific questions regarding our fees.