Get your claim — or your response — drafted so it stands up from day one.
Whether you are bringing a claim (the ET1) or defending one (the ET3), the paperwork you file at the start shapes the whole case. I draft it properly, so it says what it needs to and cannot be picked apart later.
Why this matters
The pleadings decide the case
Your ET1 or ET3 sets the issues the tribunal will actually decide. Get it wrong and you can lose points you should have won.
Vague paperwork gets struck out
Claims and responses that are unclear or incomplete invite strike-out applications and deposit orders. Precise drafting shuts that down.
First impressions matter
Well-drafted paperwork signals you are serious and prepared, and makes the other side take you seriously.
What you get
If you are bringing a claim
- Your ET1 Grounds of Claim, drafted to set out each complaint clearly
- The legal basis for each claim identified and pleaded properly
- Nothing important left out, nothing that hands the other side an easy strike-out
If you are defending one
- Your ET3 Grounds of Resistance, answering the claim point by point
- The right admissions and denials, with your positive case set out
- Any time-limit or jurisdiction points flagged early
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 claim or response, 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
Both. I draft ET1 Grounds of Claim for people bringing a claim and ET3 Grounds of Resistance for those defending one.
Yes. Tell me when you enquire and I will quote for a review and tidy rather than a full draft.
Tribunal claims have strict deadlines. Send me the details early and I will tell you honestly whether I can meet them.
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.