Employment tribunal representation
Law At Work’s team of employment law specialists have vast experience of representing clients in employment tribunals throughout the UK. We have an enviable record before both employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. In the last four years, we’ve achieved successful outcomes in 98% of the claims that have been made against our clients.
If you’ve been unfortunate enough to be involved in an employment tribunal, you will already know that, win or lose, the process is expensive, time consuming and unpleasant for all involved.
In 2009/10, more than 236,000 claims were made by employees against their employer; up from 151,000 claims the year before. The highest award in respect of sex discrimination was over £400,000, while one business was hammered with an award of around £750,000 for disability discrimination. Recent research shows that on average each tribunal case will cost an employer £8,500 in legal defence costs alone.
Our primary aim is to keep your business out of an employment tribunal and we will work with you to ensure that litigation is always a last resort. But, no matter how robust your processes are it’s not always possible to avoid claims, and we’ll work with you every step of the way to maximise your chances of success in any tribunal.
Our expertise covers the full spectrum of employment law. In recent years, we have fought cases for clients involving unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, all aspects of discrimination (race, sex, disability, religion, age), equal pay, TUPE, collective rights to consultation, and holiday pay.
We work throughout the UK as well as in the Sheriff Court in Scotland and County Court in England. We’ve also successfully overturned a number of unfavourable decisions in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Examples of recent cases that we have been involved in are set out in the case studies.
And if you choose to purchase employment practices liability insurance arranged by our sister company, Law At Work (IS) Ltd, you need never feel forced to settle a claim because of fear of the legal defence costs you are incurring.