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Employment Estimated Price List

We are transparent about our fee structure from the outset and our prices are competitive to meet your specific requirements.

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We offer an initial 1hour virtual consultation meeting, to explore whether we can meet your needs, and to discuss the fees and funding options that may be available to you.

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Consultation Fees: We charge a fixed consultation fee of £100.00 which must be paid before your appointment. Contact us for payment details.

 

Estimated Employment Casework Fee Options:

 

Fixed Fee - estimated based on the work that is involved in conducting the matter

Hourly rate retainer agreements

Legal expenses insurance funded cases

Damages based agreements

 

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Our Hourly Rates:

 

Partner - £350.00 - £450.00 plus 20% VAT  

Solicitor - £320.00 plus 20% VAT

Trainee/Paralegal – £210 - £250 plus 20% VAT

Administrative/Caseworker - £175 - £200.00 plus 20% VAT

 

 

Tribunal proceedings

 

Where tribunal proceedings are necessary, we would have to review the funding for your case. We would have to enter into an agreed or further agreed rate to cover the periods of the process leading up to and including the tribunal hearing. On average, the fees are between £1,200- £1,850 plus VAT to prepare and issue the proceedings at the tribunal, range between £5,000- £15,000 plus VAT to take the matter to the tribunal hearing. However, the fees will be less than this if the case settles before a full hearing. Should it also become necessary to instruct a barrister for the hearing, the charge may be on average around £2,500 plus VAT for a one (1) day hearing in tribunal (including all preparation). This type of fee is known as a disbursement.

 

This type of work on average typically involves around 30-40 hours. After the initial paid consultation, we will advice client on the most appropriate fee structure for the case, whether a no win no fee agreement, fixed fee agreement. Depending on the client circumstance, we may be able to undertake work under Legal Expenses Insurance.

 

It is impossible to determine at the outset the exact number of hours that will be involved in a case and it will depend on the circumstances and the nature and complexity of the case including:

 

  • The number of witnesses

  • The volume of supporting evidence involved for consideration

  • The complexity of the evidence

  • The amount of documentation that needs to be prepared

  • Length of any hearings

  • The length of time needed to prepare the case

  • The drafting tasks that need to be undertaken

  • Negotiations – such as with ACAS that we have to carry out

  • Case Management hearing and any preliminary issues

  • The extent of the client's failure to, and or cooperation with advice throughout the process

  • The costs could be lower if the case is a stand-alone wrongful dismissal case or an uncomplicated unfair dismissal case.

 

The anticipated number of hours and fees are only estimates; we will offer a more accurate assessments of fees once we have more information and understand the specifics of your case.

 

Services included:

 

Initial in person, virtual or telephone consultation and consideration of the available options and determining the most appropriate course of action depending on the client’s circumstances.


 

  • Engaging in negotiations with the employer and ACAS.

  • Reviewing of relevant documents in the case.

  • Consideration of the success and likely damages

  • Completing and drafting Employment Tribunal (ET1) and all relevant documents.

  • Drafting witness statements and preparation of hearing bundles.

  • Representation in hearings.

  • Instructing a Barrister if necessary – fees range between £750-£2,000 plus VAT per day.

  • Reviewing and advising on Employment Tribunal documents and procedure.

 

The costs quoted above do not include:

 

  • Cost of enforcement of an order

  • Any Employment Tribunal fees

  • Other expenses for example, cost of travel, hotel or accommodation and charges for copying documents etc.

  • Employment Tribunal Costs Orders against a client

  • Appeal costs - could be in the region of £5,000-£20,000 or more, subject to the complexity of the matter

  • Expert witness or Barrister fees and other disbursements, such as translation and Court fees

 

We will promptly notify you if any of the above events becomes applicable in your case prior to a client incurring any such fees.

 

Estimate of Time scale:


Wrongful dismissal and Unfair Dismissal cases can take between one month to one year from when the firm was instructed.

 

  • The Employment Tribunal may reserve Judgement and list separate remedy hearings, which would prolong the timescale and period that a case will conclude.

  • Employment cases typically have an initial time limit of 3 months minus one day from the date the problem at work occurred, and 1 month from when an ACAS Early Conciliation Certificate is issued.

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

 

However, many cases are capable of being settled within a few weeks or even days from when we are first instructed, and so the fees can often be contained, but can also take longer and even months where we enter into negotiations, and subject to how quickly your employer respond to communications.

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