Need to change your claim — or answer the other side's changes?
Claims and responses often need to change as a case develops. Whether you want to amend yours, or the other side has applied to amend theirs, the application has to be made and argued the right way.
Why this matters
Amendments are not automatic
The tribunal weighs up the change, the timing and the prejudice to each side. A well-made application is far more likely to succeed.
Timing is everything
Leave it too late and an amendment can be refused. Made properly and early, the same change often goes through.
Answering one matters just as much
If the other side is trying to widen their case, a focused objection can keep the claim contained.
What you get
If you are applying to amend
- A clear application setting out the change and why it should be allowed
- The Selkent factors addressed head-on (nature of the change, timing, prejudice)
- A clean draft of your amended claim or response
If you are opposing an amendment
- Written objections that meet the application on the law
- The strongest points on time bar, particularity and prejudice
- A realistic view of what can and cannot be resisted
How it works
This service is offered under the Direct Access Scheme, so there are a few short formalities first.
Send me a few details so I can check there is no conflict of interest and that I can act. If I can, I ask for the papers I need and send you a fixed quote.
Response within 1–2 working days
Once you are happy with the quote, we agree terms in a short client-care letter and lock in a slot.
Before the work starts
I draft your amendment application (or your objections to theirs), asking you only short, targeted questions where I need to. You get a clean first draft.
To an agreed timetable
You check the facts and we finalise it together.
Before your deadline
You get the finished document, ready to use, with a short note on what to do with it.
In good time
Who it is for
- You are running your own tribunal case and want a specialist on the parts that matter
- You can give me the papers and answer short, focused questions on time
- You want expert input without handing the whole case over
Who it is not for
- Same-day or last-minute work
- Anyone who wants their whole case managed for them — that is really a solicitor's role, and I will say so
- Claims in the Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth or Southampton Employment Tribunals — I sit there as a judge, so I cannot be involved in cases in those tribunals
Pricing
A fixed quote, after I have seen your papers
- I give you a fixed quote once I have seen your documents — I do not guess before then
- Everything is agreed in a short client-care letter before any work starts
The fee covers the work set out in the client-care letter. Extra work or a change of scope is quoted separately.
Questions
Yes — I act for whichever side you are on, making the application or resisting it.
It depends on the change and the stage of the case. Tell me the position and I will give you a straight view of the prospects.
Sometimes. If it does, I can tell you what to expect and prepare the written submissions.
Ready to get this done properly?
Send me a few details and I will tell you quickly whether I can help, and what it will cost. No obligation.