Employment Fees

Our charges for bringing and defending unfair or wrongful dismissal claims.

Professional fees

Simple case: £750–£1,500 excluding VAT; £900–£1,800 including VAT at 20%.
Medium-complexity case: £1,500–£2,500 excluding VAT; £1,800–£3,000 including VAT.
High-complexity case: £2,500–£5,000 excluding VAT; £3,000–£6,000 including VAT.

Attendance at a Tribunal hearing is charged additionally at £1,000 per day excluding VAT (£1,200 including VAT). We generally allow two to five hearing days, depending on complexity.

What affects the cost?

Factors include the number of witnesses and documents, preliminary issues, discrimination or whistleblowing allegations, applications to amend claims, costs applications and dealing with a party who is not legally represented.

Other expenses

Counsel’s fees are estimated at £1,500–£2,000 per hearing day, including preparation, depending on the advocate’s experience. Where VAT is charged at 20%, this is £1,800–£2,400 including VAT. Counsel’s fees are additional to our fees.

Included stages

Taking instructions, reviewing papers and advising on merits and likely compensation.
Pre-claim conciliation where required and settlement discussions.
Preparing the response and reviewing the other party’s case.
Preparing or considering a schedule of loss and preliminary hearings.
Disclosure, document bundles and witness statements.
Reviewing evidence and agreeing the issues, chronology and relevant people.
Preparing for the final hearing, including instructions to counsel.

If stages are not needed, the fee may be reduced. We can also agree advice on particular stages while you handle other work yourself.

Timescales

A settlement during pre-claim conciliation may take one to six weeks. A case proceeding to a final hearing may take twelve to fifty-two weeks. Tribunal listings and the issues involved can change the time required; we discuss the position as the case progresses.