Our Employment Fees

Transparent And Affordable Fees For Your Peace Of Mind

We believe that access to professional legal services should be clear, transparent, and affordable. That’s why we have designed our fee structure with your best interests in mind. With WB Pennine Solicitors, you can rest assured that you’ll receive top-notch legal advice and assistance without breaking the bank.

Funding Options:

We have a range of funding options, including:

  • Legal expenses insurance cover
  • ‘No Win, No Fees’ agreement
  • Fixed Fees

Legal Expenses Insurance

If you own a house or car, you may benefit from legal expenses cover for an employment dispute as part of your buildings and content, or car insurance. Check your policy documents to see if you do have it as this might be your best option.

If your insurer tries to compel you to use a solicitor from their panel, we are happy to remind them of your right to instruct any solicitor you want.

If you do choose WB Pennine Solicitors, we will help you apply to the insurer to cover legal costs at the start. As soon as we sign the insurance agreement with your insurers, funding will be in place subject to the terms of your LEI policy.

Our ‘No Win, No Fee’ Agreements

To help with any financial difficulty, we are willing to offer you a ‘no win, no fee’ damage based agreement. This allows you to pursue an employment tribunal claim without having to pay any solicitor fees in advance, or at all if you lose, giving you minimal financial risk.

If you do win at tribunal, or we negotiate a settlement of your claim, we will recover our fees from your compensation to a maximum of 35% inclusive of VAT.

There may also be other fees that are payable, known as ‘disbursements’. These are costs related to your claim that are payable to third parties. An example of these could be barristers’ fees for representation at hearings. These would be discussed with you before the agreement has been signed.

Fixed Fees

We may be able to undertake work for you on a fixed fee basis where we can agree on the scope of the work required. Sometimes we can fix our fees for specific stages of an employment tribunal claim.

Every fixed fee is agreed upon and paid in advance and the amount will depend on the complexity of your case and the type of work required. We are unable to offer a fixed fee in all cases, however, an indication of what work we can undertake for an agreed fixed fee in certain cases is below. The level of the fee in each band depends on the complexity of the case but we provide a firm quote in fixed fee scenarios.

Claims Assessment – £350 to £750 plus 20% VAT

An assessment includes:

  • An hour’s discussion of your case with an employment expert;
  • A review of relevant documents for up to one hour;
  • A detailed letter of advice on the merits and prospects of your case.

ACAS Early Conciliation Representation – £350 to £1000 plus 20% VAT

Conciliation representation includes:

  • An hour’s discussion of your case and your desired outcome;
  • Drafting the ACAS Early Conciliation notification forms relevant to your case;
  • Negotiating with ACAS and the respondent’s representatives to try and achieve settlement;
  • Advising you about settlement wording and executing COT3 settlement documents.

While settlement is not guaranteed it should be noted that legally represented claimants often achieve better outcomes.

Issuing Employment Tribunal Claim – £500 to £1500 plus 20% VAT

Issuing the claim includes:

  • Our employment experts will draft and submit your ET1 claim form;
  • We will review the ET3 defence form, once this has been received;
  • A full discussion of the ET3 defence form and advice on the next steps.

Employment Tribunal Preparation

  • Preparing a schedule of losses – £250 to £750 plus 20% VAT
  • Dealing with disclosure and discovery of documents and agreeing on a hearing bundle – £250 to £1000 plus 20% VAT
  • Drafting your witness statement – £500 to £1500 plus 20% VAT
  • Settlement during proceedings – £500 to £1000 plus 20% VAT

Employment Tribunal Preparation and Representation

  • Preliminary Hearing – Case Management Discussion (includes completing Agenda) – £450 to £750 plus 20% VAT
  • Preliminary Hearing – substantive/legal issue (including a hearing on jurisdiction, disability status etc.) – £1000 to £1750 plus 20% VAT
  • Judicial Mediation – £750 to £1250 plus 20% VAT
  • Final Hearing Preparation – £1000 to £1500 plus 20% VAT and disbursements*

Please Note: VAT is chargeable at 20%.

Disbursements

As above, other fees that may be payable are referred to as ‘disbursements’. Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as barristers’ fees for representation at hearings.

*Disbursements including a barrister attending a hearing in a simple to complex case can range on average from £600 to £10,000 plus 20% VAT or more depending on the length of the hearing and the barrister’s experience. Barrister’s fees in highly complex cases can exceed £15,000 to £25,000 plus 20% VAT depending on the length of the hearing. While it is by no means guaranteed, many tribunal cases do settle without any need for a final hearing.

Whatever the complexity of your case you can help to reduce your legal costs by, for example:

  • placing your documents in chronological order and removing duplicates,
  • providing a clear chronology or summary of your case,
  • allowing us to provide you with concise updates or inform you when action needs to be taken,
  • providing information to us simply and promptly.

Contact WB Pennine Solicitors Today

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