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What You Need to Know about No Win, No Fee Employment Cases

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1 What You Need to Know about No Win, No Fee Employment Cases
If you’ve been discriminated against at work, fired for no reason, had your employment contract breached by your employer, and a whole number of other work-related issues, then you may have be entitled to compensation via a no win, no fee legal case. This compensation will help you to get back on your feet, and meet the costs incurred through the loss of your employment. No win, no fee employment cases are relatively new, but they have nonetheless helped many people get the compensation they deserve.

2 Here, we are going to discuss the process in greater depth.
What Does No Win No Fee mean? No win no fee means that you can take your employer to court without having to pay the court costs in the even that you lose the case. If you win the case, the other side (i.e. your employer) will pay your court costs. In short, responsibility for paying your court costs is absorbed by the employer or by the solicitor. How Much Money Will You Receive? Clearly, this caries on a case-by-case basis, but your solicitor will help you to work out how much you can expect to win. This is why it’s important to use no win no fee employment solicitors that have experience in this area of law. They will have a good idea about the levels of compensation you can expect to receive on your particular case.

3 No win no fee employment solicitors

4 What Types of Thing Can You Claim for?
There are clearly rules about what you can and what you can’t claim for when using a no win no fee employment solicitors. Here is a list of the type of situation for which this type of claim is used: • Employment tribunals • Unfair dismissal • Wrongful dismissal • Constructive dismissal • Breach of employment contract

5 •. Illegal contracts (you are afforded certain employment rights in
• Illegal contracts (you are afforded certain employment rights in the UK and these are automatically imposed on your employment contract. If your employer makes provisions that counter these rights, then it is illegal) • Redundancy settlements • Grievance and disciplinary proceedings • Discrimination (e.g. sex, age, disability, race, and religion) • Paternity and maternity rights That’s quite an exhaustive list and you can receive a fair amount of compensation to redress breaches in all of the above listed situations.

6 Do I Have to Pay Anything to My Solicitor?
Yes, in the event that you win, you will have to pay a fee to your solicitor. This is known as the “success fee”. There is a cap on how much your solicitor can charge you for the win. This is usually a maximum of 25%. However, your solicitor will explain all of this to you during the preliminary interviews. They will also create a contract that outlines the details of this payment, so that you will understand beforehand the percentage of your success fee. You can shop around if you think that they are charging too much, but in general, they tend to charge the same amounts.

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