Can someone else write my witness statement for me?

Can Someone Else Write My Witness Statement for Employment Tribunal?

It's common to ask for help when writing a witness statement for employment tribunal, especially as a litigant in person. The good news: someone else can help—but only in a limited, proper way.

You are responsible for the truth of the statement. While a friend, colleague, or volunteer may help with typing, structuring, or formatting, the witness statement content must come from you.

People are using AI to write their statement: this is very risky and is often easily detected by the tribunal and other side. It is risky as the contents of the statement is not your evidence but rather that of the LLM or other system you have used: it may make matters up which are untrue or did not happen.

How Assistance Can Work

What form of help can you get:

• Technical help: They can make a witness statement template employment tribunal look neat—numbering, headings, formatting;
• Editorial help: They can suggest simpler wording or clearer structure, but the facts must reflect your own knowledge and experience.
• Fact-checking support: They might help you cross-check dates or evidence in your employment tribunal bundle and note page numbers for documents

What You Must Always Do Yourself

Only you know what really happened. You must describe events in your own words and ensure accuracy: You must fully review every sentence and confirm it reflects your honest belief.