Defending employment law claims
Employment litigation is an area many wish to avoid. However, in order to contain costs and manage risks it is sometimes unavoidable. Whilst settlement is often the answer employers need to ensure they are not seen as soft and set an expectation for settlement. The reputation of the employer requires safeguarding.
We focus on a return for the business and assess cost not just in terms of monetary value but also management time and business disruption.
Expertise in avoiding and defending employment law claims:
- Gathering the evidence - preparing witness statements, the "reluctant witness," real evidence - it's use and misuse, and keeping everything simple
- Using procedures to your advantage - tactics, discrimination questionnaires, pre-hearing reviews and case management, striking out, deposits, and costs warnings, further and better particulars, disclosures
- Preparing the witnesses
- Defending employment law claims from employees and directors
- Drafting ET3s and witness statements
- Investigating alternatives to litigation use of mediation
- Negotiating compromise agreements and advice on the compensation payable to settle claims
- Advice on reduction of liability and employee contributory factors
- Enforcing restrictive covenants