Yorkshire's Specialist Employment Solicitors
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Call: 01484 303585
Employees
Free Initial Consultation
We will discuss your problem with you for up to half an hour for free, giving you clear sensible advice to help you make the choices needed to achieve a satisfactory result.
No Win No Fee
We will assess your claim and if we feel it is appropriate we will offer you a no win no fee agreement. Our costs are taken at the end of the claim should you win and if you lose there is no cost to you.
Friendly and Caring Service
With over 19 years experience helping individuals in all aspects of employment law, we understand the need for mutual trust between ourselves and our clients. We also understand the importance of sensitivity and empathy. We pride ourselves in doing our best to promote all of these qualities.
If you are having problems with your employment you need expert advice quickly. Any delay may forfeit your rights. We can help you with the following issues:
If you feel that you have been forced to resign as a direct result of treatment you have experienced at your place of employment, you may have been constructively dismissed. Or if you feel you have been dismissed by your employer for reasons which are unfair; contact us for help.
If your employer has offered you a settlement agreement (previously called 'compromise agreements'), in order to allow you to leave on terms that you both agree to; then we can help.
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If you feel that you have been dismissed and denied your right to work notice and receive the appropriate notice pay, then this too is a claim we can assist you with. contact us for help.
If you feel that you have been discriminated against for any of the following reasons: race, religion or belief, sex (including pregnancy and maternity rights), sexual orientation or disability; you may have the right to bring a claim for discrimination. contact us for help.
If you feel that you have been unfairly treated in comparison to others as a direct result of the fact that you were on maternity leave, or were pregnant. then you may have the right to bring a claim for discrimination on maternity or pregnancy grounds. contact us for help.
If you are not being paid on equal terms to colleagues of yours in comparitive jobs then you may have a claim in this respect. Employers have a duty to ensure that their employees are paid fairly and in accordance with employment law regulations. contact us for help.
If you feel your employer is harassing or victimising you as a direct result of a legitimate action of yours such as: bringing a grievance, whistle blowing, bringing a tribunal claim etc... then we can help you put a stop to this. contact us for help.
If you feel the need to lodge a grievance for unfair treatement in your workplace we can advise you how best to go about this. If you are being subjected to a disciplinary procedure for whatever reason, we can help you.contact us for help.
If you have been offered a contract of employment; either by a new employer or your present employer, you may wish to have it checked through by a solicitor. Contracts are often full of legal terms and can be difficult to understand. We can give you independant advise before you sign on the dotted line. contact us for help.
We can help you with all of these claims and others; including for instance - TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings; the sale, purchase, merger etc. of your employer's business). Just call us on; 01484 303585, or contact us via our CONTACT FORM giving us your contact details and we will email and call you to arrange a time to discuss your issue.
How much will it cost me to bring a claim?
The issue of expense is always a concern when people consider consulting a solicitor, especially if you have lost your job or are at risk of doing so. To begin with we offer a half hour free consultation where we discuss with you in confidence, your situation. From this consultation we can advise you on the best action to take to reach a resolution to your problem.
From this point on the ways of funding assistance from a solicitor in an employment tribunal claim are as follows:
Legal Expenses Insurance: You may have cover for legal expenses as part of an insurance policy (usually Household and Contents).
Initial Assessment of Your Claim: Sometimes we may have to do preparatory work that paves the way for your tribunal claim. This can involve reading through folders of documents and liaising with 3rd parties on your behalf, to assess if your claim has merit. For this we will usually agree a fixed fee with you. At the end of this process we will advise you if a no win no fee is appropriate to bring your claim to court, or settlement.
No Win - No Fee: If your case merits it, we can offer a, no win - no fee agreement. This involves no up-front payment for our representation of your claim at tribunal. You are not charged per hour or day for our work. Instead the no win - no fee agreement allows us to take a percentage of any compensation that you may be awarded at tribunal, in payment for our services.
Privately paying: It is very unusual for an individual employee to pay privately for a situation where litigation is involved. Usually one of the two methods above are the preferred option. However, if you have a situation which does not involve making a claim at tribunal, for instance; you wish for advice in writing a formal letter to your employers with regard to a grievance or perhaps to resign; then we may charge on an hourly basis, or by way of a fixed fee (either way, you will be clear of the likely level of costs for the services we provide). We are a dedicated employment law firm and therefore do not have the overheads of a large multi-disciplined firm, we pride ourselves on keeping our fees at a reasonable and affordable level.
Employment Tribunal Fees.
Please note that from July 2017 employment tribunal fees no longer apply to any employment tribunal claim or to any appeal. If you are an ex-client of Neil Coombes Solicitor Limited, who has paid any tribunal fees, please register for a refund at:
Employment Tribunal Fees and how to claim a refund.
NB: In a situation where you need a solicitor to sign a settlement agreement it is customary for your employer to pay the solicitor's fees.
Please see our Terms and Conditions