Employment Law
At Kevin Lane & Co, we have been advising both employees and employers on all aspects of employment law for many years and have an outstanding track record when it comes to getting results in all aspects of employment law.
Key Contacts:
For Both Employers & Employees
If you have an employment issue, it is vital that you seek advice without delay from a specialist employment lawyer. Our lawyers will draw upon their experience of working with employees and employers to address your concerns and provide you with detailed guidance on the options available to you.
We have a long history of working in partnership with employees, helping them with their employment law concerns. Being in employment and offering employment can be at times, a very complicated situation. We draw upon our many years’ experience to help our clients navigate through what can sometimes be a very isolated area of the law.
One reason why many businesses and employers are successful is that they are able to access good employment law advice, ensuring that employee matters are dealt with fairly and legally. Our team also that appreciates the cost to employment law issues for both businesses and individuals, in dealing with employment law issues. You can rest assured that any advice and guidance that we give will be objective and with the best interests of our client in mind, with a view to addressing any employment law concerns efficiently.
Costs in Bringing or Defending an Employment Tribunal Claim
A substantial amount of work is required by our experienced staff when preparing cases to go before an Employment Tribunal.
The Solicitor dealing with the matter will also charge his chargeable rate on a matter depending on their seniority. For example our lowest fees are
- hourly rate in this firm is £220.00 plus VAT at 20%;
- £22.00 plus VAT at 20% per 6 minute telephone calls;
- £22.00 plus VAT at 20% per correspondence sent/received.
To bring or defend a straightforward claim for unfair or wrongful dismissal, our fees are likely to be in the region of £4,500 – £6,000 plus VAT at 20% on the basis that the claim is disposed of at a 1 day hearing.
Factors that could make a case more complex:
- Making or defending applications to amend claims or provide further information about an existing claim.
- Defending claims that are brought about by Litigants in person.
- Making or defending a costs application.
- The number of witnesses and documents.
- Allegations of discrimination which are linked to the dismissal or to the employment.
If the claim becomes more complex then we will provide you with an updated estimate of costs.
Disbursements
Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties. It is anticipated that counsel will be required to represent you at a hearing and an estimate of their fees are between £1,500 – £2,500 plus VAT at 20% per day.
The fee is dependant on the experience of counsel and location of the hearing.
Key Stages The fees set out above cover all the work necessary in relation to the following key stages of an Employment Tribunal claim:
- 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)
- Entering into pre-claim conciliation through ACAS where this is mandatory to explore whether a settlement can be reached.
- Preparing the claim or response.
- Reviewing and advising on a claim or response from other party.
- Exploring settlement and negotiating settlement throughout the process.
- Preparing or considering a schedule of loss.
- Exchanging documents with the other party, reviewing and advising on those documents and agreeing a bundle of documents.
- Taking witness statements, drafting statements and agreeing their content with witness.
- Preparing bundle of documents.
- Reviewing and advising on the other party’s witness statements.
- Preparation and attendance at Final Hearing, including Instructions to Counsel (for special advocacy representation at that Hearing).
The stages set out above are an indication only. You may wish to handle the claim process or defence yourself and only receive our advice in relation to some of the stages. This can be arranged to suit your individual needs.
How long will my matter take?
The time that it takes from taking your initial instructions to the final resolution of your matter depends largely on the stage at which your case is resolved. If a settlement is reached during pre-claim conciliation, your case is likely to take up to four weeks. If your claim proceeds to a Final Hearing, due to the current volume increase in claims involving Employment Tribunal Hearings (and depending on the location of the Hearing) your case could take up to 12 months to conclude. This is just an estimate and we will be able to give you a more accurate timescale once we have more information available to us and as the matter progresses.
