Employment law for employers
For owner-run companies without an HR department. We help you run a fair process before it becomes a claim, and defend the claim if it comes.
Leads this area
Amara Osei
Partner, employment. With Hana Sato, Solicitor.
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How fees work here
Prices exclude VAT at 20%. You get the fee in writing before any work starts.
Fixed, agreed before we start.
Fixed, for a standard agreement.
Fixed fees by stage, published on the Fees page.
A recent matter
Unfair dismissal claim, resolved in 7 months.
- InstructedFirst call. Named solicitor and fixed fee agreed in writing.
- Claim filedThe claim reaches the employment tribunal.
- DisclosureDocuments exchanged with the other side.
- Hearing listedThe tribunal sets a date for the hearing.
- ResolvedAgreed between the parties before the hearing.
Settled before the hearing for £14,000, against a claim of £38,000.
The answer depends on the reason for the dismissal and on the date, because the qualifying period for ordinary unfair dismissal claims is changing under the Employment Rights Act 2025. Some reasons, such as whistleblowing or pregnancy, make a dismissal automatically unfair from day one. Call before you act.
A discussion in which an employer can propose ending employment on agreed terms without the offer being used in an ordinary unfair dismissal claim. It has limits, set out in our note on settlement agreements.
It usually means a claim is being considered. Send it to us the day it arrives: the steps you take during conciliation can shape the whole claim.
