Employment Tribunal Fees – Update

BOOK YOUR FREE INITIAL CALL TODAY

Book your free initial call

    We endeavour to make an initial response to all enquiries within 24 hours but please be aware that on some occasions due to prior commitments or volume of calls we will not be able to respond in that time frame. We also operate a 72 hour return policy. This return policy means that if we have not responded with 72 hours of your initial enquiry we are unable to do so due to current workloads and we will destroy your data accordingly. This policy ensures you are not left waiting and have the certainty that your data is not compromised. In most instances however we are able to make contact within a 24 hour time frame. Please note our free initial advice service is available to clients at our total discretion and if your case is of a complex nature we may not be able to offer you a free consultation. However in these instances we will advise you what the charge would be for an initial fixed fee consultation.
  • (view our privacy statement)
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Yesterday in Parliament, Dominic Raab, the Minister of State for Courts & Justice, answered various questions on employment tribunal fees. Of note was that there was no suggestion that the government was planning to bring in a new fees regime at this time. That is not to say it will not ever happen as he previously said following the Supreme Court ruling in R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor, that, “the Supreme Court recognised the important role fees can play, but ruled that we have not struck the right balance in this case,” thus not ruling out fees being paid in the future but at lower amounts. However, at the very least, it appears a new fee regime will not be introduced in the foreseeable future.

Written by

Edward Aston
6th September 2017