IT’S ILLEGAL TO FIRE SOMEONE UNFAIRLY
Been dismissed or made redundant unfairly? Or treated so badly you had to leave? We will help you get compensation.
Been dismissed or made redundant unfairly? Or treated so badly you had to leave?
We are Employment Solicitors specialising in helping to get you compensation.
We are employment lawyers helping individuals claim compensation at the Employment Tribunal for the way they have been treated. Unfair treatment at work takes a number of forms. Maybe you’ve been dismissed for something you didn’t do. Maybe they gave you unfair performance targets. Maybe you’ve been made redundant unfairly. Maybe you were treated so badly that you resigned (constructive dismissal). Or maybe you’ve been discriminated against. Whatever has happened to you, we can help you get justice and compensation.
It’s easy to use our service. You just need to explain what happened, by answering some questions. Our experts will take a look, come back to you and give you their thoughts on how strong your case would be, and how much compensation you could win.
We are employment lawyers helping individuals claim compensation at the Employment Tribunal for the way they have been treated. Unfair treatment at work takes a number of forms. Maybe you’ve been dismissed for something you didn’t do. Maybe they gave you unfair performance targets. Maybe you’ve been made redundant unfairly. Maybe you were treated so badly that you resigned (constructive dismissal). Or maybe you’ve been discriminated against. Whatever has happened to you, we can help you get justice and compensation.
It’s easy to use our service. You just need to explain what happened, by answering some questions. Our experts will take a look, come back to you and give you their thoughts on how strong your case would be, and how much compensation you could win.
WHO WE ARE
iTribunal are specialist Employment Law solicitors. Everything we do is about helping those who have lost their jobs unfairly, or have been treated badly at work, to get compensation. We specialist in taking cases to the Employment Tribunal and only work with individuals, not with employers.
When you’re looking for firms to help with your case, you’ll find two main types.
- Traditional Solicitors – who have qualified solicitors and normally charge by the hour. This can work out to be expensive and you won’t get costs back even if you win your claim. Another issue is that most solicitors’ firms cover a number of areas of law and aren’t specialists in Employment Tribunal claims.
- Claims Managers. These are normally not qualified solicitors. They offer a low cost and sometimes No Win No Fee service. The price is attractive, but you won’t get the same level of expertise as a solicitor. In many cases they won’t even send anyone along to your tribunal hearing and expect you to go alone. An Employment Tribunal case is complicated – lots of deadlines and tricky bits of law involved – so using someone unqualified to handle your claim could increase the risk of you losing your claim, or not getting as much compensation as you should.
iTribunal really are different. We are “proper” solicitors, and we are true specialists, only handling Employment Tribunal cases. With us, you’ll get a qualified experienced solicitor who is an Employment Law expert. They will meet with you and they will take the lead in your case. If your case does go all the way to Tribunal, they will be there and will represent you. But unlike other solicitors, we are low-cost and really flexible in what we charge.
You can choose how you pay us – either a low hourly rate, so you just pay for the work that we do, a fixed upfront fee and a percentage of what you win, or on a No Win No Fee basis. No matter whether you’ve been dismissed unfairly, made redundant, discriminated against or treated so badly you had to leave, we are the best choice for you. You get all the expertise you need at a really low cost that you decide how you pay.
How Our Service Works
Step 1: Free Advice & Assessment
The first step is completely FREE. You just need to tell us what has happened to you by answering a series of questions online. The questions have been put together by employment law experts and are designed to help us get all the key facts we need. Our team then reviews your case, will contact you to get more information, and conduct a FREE assessment. We will tell you if we think you have a valid Tribunal case, and what we think you should do as the next step. We’ll also send you a FREE book, explaining what is involved in taking your employer to a tribunal. Step One is completely free, and there is no obligation to use our service afterwards.
STEP 2. Before Tribunal
Once you sign our agreement, one of our expert solicitors will be assigned to your case. You will meet them to discuss your case and they will be happy to give you advice and answer your questions. This solicitor will contact your former employer, their solicitors, and also ACAS – the government mediation service – to try to get your compensation paid without you having to go to tribunal – saving time and stress for you.
The solicitor will represent you throughout your case. We will handle all the communication with your old employer and with the tribunal, all the form filling, all the preliminary hearings on your behalf. We will keep you updated on progress and always be looking to get a settlement.
STEP 2. Before Tribunal
Once you sign our agreement, one of our expert solicitors will be assigned to your case. You will meet them to discuss your case and they will be happy to give you advice and answer your questions. This solicitor will contact your former employer, their solicitors, and also ACAS – the government mediation service – to try to get your compensation paid without you having to go to tribunal – saving time and stress for you.
The solicitor will represent you throughout your case. We will handle all the communication with your old employer and with the tribunal, all the form filling, all the preliminary hearings on your behalf. We will keep you updated on progress and always be looking to get a settlement.
Step 3: Going to Tribunal
The vast majority of cases – maybe 80%, settle before going to a tribunal hearing. If we can’t settle your case, we will go to a tribunal hearing. This is like a court – there is a judge who sits and listens to the evidence. Your solicitor will be there with you and will represent you throughout the hearing. At the end, the judge decides whether you have won, and if you have will award your compensation. Our solicitors have vast experience in tribunal hearings, so relax, you’re in very safe hands.
Step 4: Justice
Our aim is always to get compensation for what has happened to you, as quickly as we can to allow you to move on with your life. We have a huge expertise in Employment Tribunal cases, and we will always be honest about your chances of winning and the amount of compensation you could win. When your old employer offers compensation, your solicitor will advise you and you will be given the final decision on whether to accept it or not.
Step 4: Justice
Our aim is always to get compensation for what has happened to you, as quickly as we can to allow you to move on with your life. We have a huge expertise in Employment Tribunal cases, and we will always be honest about your chances of winning and the amount of compensation you could win. When your old employer offers compensation, your solicitor will advise you and you will be given the final decision on whether to accept it or not.
OUR FEES
It’s important to think carefully about legal fees before you sign up with a firm to help with your case. Legal fees are not normally awarded on top of a tribunal settlement, so you need to pay them from your compensation. Traditional solicitors generally charge by the hour, but for an experienced Employment Solicitor you may have to pay £200 an hour or more. There are a myriad of other services, some offering a No Win No Fee, but often you are represented by someone who is not a qualified solicitor, and often they don’t agree to represent you at a hearing. With someone unqualified and inexperienced handling your case, it’s possible you will lose out.
iTribunal starts by giving you completely free advice and a free assessment of your case, along with a free book explaining what’s involved in going to Tribunal. We’ll explain what we think you need to do as the next step.
You choose how you want us to charge you.
There are three options:
Pay By The Hour
For The Work We Do- We charge just £100 per hour, plus VAT, around half of what other firms charge. You prepay a block of hours in advance, so you are in control of what you’re spending, with no scary bills.
Low Flat Fee and % Settlement
Low Flat Fee Then Nothing To Pay- We charge you a low flat fee when we start working with you, and then nothing more to pay until we win your case. We will quote the fixed fee, and the percentage of settlement depending on your case and your salary.
No Win No Fee
Nothing To Pay Unless Or Until We Win- Under a No Win No Fee agreement, you only pay us when and if we achieve a settlement for you. The percentage of settlement that we charge is typically 35%, and we will not offer No Win No Fee for all cases. If we cannot offer you a No Win No Fee deal on your case, we will offer you a low flat fee, and a percentage of settlement.
Whether you have been sacked unfairly, discriminated against, made redundant or if you’ve walked out because of how you were treated, you have a legal right to compensation. We are the Employment Tribunal experts and our job is to help you get justice.
HAVE YOU GOT A CLAIM?
Employment Law is complicated. Here is a quick summary of some of the reasons you could claim compensation from your employer at the Employment Tribunal
Unfair Dismissal
- Where you have been sacked for gross misconduct for something you didn’t do;
- Where your employer has sacked you for something other than gross misconduct and didn’t give you suitable warnings and a chance to put things right
- Where you are made redundant but your employer didn’t follow a fair selection procedure or consult with you
- Where you are sacked for not hitting performance targets which were unfair or unreasonable
Discrimination
You can only claim discrimination where you are treated badly by your employer…
- because of your age (ageism)
- because of your gender (sex discrimination),
- because you have a disability (disability discrimination),
- because of your race (racism),
- because you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (sexual orientation discrimination),
- because of your religion or beliefs (religious discrimination)
- because you work part-time
- because you have changed or are changing gender (gender reassignment discrimination)
- because you are pregnant, or have recently given birth
- because of your marital status
- because of your nationality
If you are discriminated against for something that isn’t on this list (for example because you are overweight or because you have tattoos) you can’t claim for discrimination unless you can show that it was linked to one of the above – ie you have religious tattoos or are overweight due to a disability.
Constructive Dismissal
This is where you are forced to resign because your employer treats you seriously badly or changes the goalposts – for example
- suddenly demoting you
- not paying you, or consistently paying you late
- making you work nights when your contact says you work days
- letting other staff bully or harass you and doing nothing about it
Sacked For Being Seen As A Troublemaker – Legal, Union, Working Time Issues
Where your employer lets you go and the real reason is:
- because you were on Jury Service, or asked for time off for Jury Service
- because you asked for time off to care for relatives
- because you complained under the Working Time Directive
- because you were in a Trade Union
- because you flagged up Health & Safety issues, or Safeguarding Issues
- because you appeared as a witness in another member of staff’s Tribunal claim
This is only a quick list.
To check if you have a claim, just tell us what happened to you and we will give you a Free Assessment and Free Advice.
HAVE YOU GOT A CLAIM?
Employment Law is complicated. Here is a quick summary of some of the reasons you could claim compensation from your employer at the Employment Tribunal
Unfair Dismissal
- Where you have been sacked for gross misconduct for something you didn’t do;
- Where your employer has sacked you for something other than gross misconduct and didn’t give you suitable warnings and a chance to put things right
- Where you are made redundant but your employer didn’t follow a fair selection procedure or consult with you
- Where you are sacked for not hitting performance targets which were unfair or unreasonable
Discrimination
You can only claim discrimination where you are treated badly by your employer…
- because of your age (ageism)
- because of your gender (sex discrimination),
- because you have a disability (disability discrimination),
- because of your race (racism),
- because you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (sexual orientation discrimination),
- because of your religion or beliefs (religious discrimination)
- because you work part-time
- because you have changed or are changing gender (gender reassignment discrimination)
- because you are pregnant, or have recently given birth
- because of your marital status
- because of your nationality
If you are discriminated against for something that isn’t on this list (for example because you are overweight or because you have tattoos) you can’t claim for discrimination unless you can show that it was linked to one of the above – ie you have religious tattoos or are overweight due to a disability.
Constructive Dismissal
This is where you are forced to resign because your employer treats you seriously badly or changes the goalposts – for example
- suddenly demoting you
- not paying you, or consistently paying you late
- making you work nights when your contact says you work days
- letting other staff bully or harass you and doing nothing about it
Sacked For Being Seen As A Troublemaker – Legal, Union, Working Time Issues
Where your employer lets you go and the real reason is:
- because you were on Jury Service, or asked for time off for Jury Service
- because you asked for time off to care for relatives
- because you complained under the Working Time Directive
- because you were in a Trade Union
- because you flagged up Health & Safety issues, or Safeguarding Issues
- because you appeared as a witness in another member of staff’s Tribunal claim
This is only a quick list.
To check if you have a claim, just tell us what happened to you and we will give you a Free Assessment and Free Advice.
KEY ACTIONS TO TAKE AT WORK
If you are dismissed unfairly, discriminated against or treated unfairly by your employer, here are four really important things you need to do.
Keep A Diary
Keep a diary of everything you’re not happy with. Make a note of
- What Happened,
- Date and Time it Happened,
- Who was Present and
- Who Said or Did What
Witnesses
Make sure you have phone numbers and email addresses for anyone at work who witnessed what happened to you. Ask colleagues or friends at work if they are prepared to make a witness statement to support you (we can contact them to get the statement later on).
Formal Grievance
In your employee handbook, there should be a section explaining how to make a Formal Grievance (a formal complaint) to your employer. Do this, putting your concerns in writing. This will strengthen your case. Keep copies of everything.
Tell Us What Happened
Use our Free Claims Assessment to tell us what’s happened to you. Let our experts give you their view on whether you have a case and what compensation you could get.
CONTACT US
If you would like us to advise you on the problems you are having at work, follow this link for our free assessment and advice service. For anything else, follow this link to chat to us live, or use the form below to send us a message. Our phone number is 020 3322 4700. Please make sure you use our Free Claims Assessment to tell us about your case before you call us.