Once a claim is served on you, the response — the ET3 — is due within twenty-eight days. This deadline is applied strictly. Missing it can result in judgment being entered against the employer without any hearing at all.
That is the single most important thing to know if a claim form has just arrived. Send it to us immediately.
Part of our job is telling clients when defending is the more expensive option. Tribunal costs orders are rare in employment cases, which means each side generally bears its own costs whatever the outcome. A weak case defended to the end is money spent with nothing to show for it.
Where the merits are good, we say so and we fight. Where they are not, we say that too.
The ET3 filed inside twenty-eight days, with the employer's case properly pleaded from the outset.
Disclosure, witness statements and a bundle prepared to the standard the tribunal expects.
Presentation of the case at hearing, including cross-examination and submissions.
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