How long do tribunals last

Although pursuing legal proceedings has the potential to lead to a significant award in your favour, there is also the risk that you could lose and end up with nothing. The outcome of a tribunal claim is often difficult to forecast and will depend on a number of factors, including unpredictable factors such as how witnesses come across on the day and even the mood of the judge! It may not beat the best result you could have achieved at a tribunal but are you willing to take that risk?

No need to pay back the compensation! Pursuing an employment tribunal claim against a former employer can cause a lot of anxiety. You will need to give witness evidence about events you may have preferred to forget about. You may have to make difficult decisions about whether to involve former colleagues. Usually a settlement agreement is quick and easy. Often you can conclude it without having to leave your home! You have the peace of mind of agreeing an outcome, rather than the stress of resolving a dispute.

Often, you can manage to retain some good will with your employer and former colleagues too. A tribunal claim is not a fast process. For more information on resolving workplace disputes, the LRA has produced a Code of Practice and associated guidance. We will not reply to your feedback. Don't include any personal or financial information, for example National Insurance, credit card numbers, or phone numbers.

The nidirect privacy notice applies to any information you send on this feedback form. Comments or queries about angling can be emailed to anglingcorrespondence daera-ni. If you have a comment or query about benefits, you will need to contact the government department or agency which handles that benefit.

Contacts for common benefits are listed below. Call Email dcs. Call Email customerservice. Comments or queries about the Blue Badge scheme can be emailed to bluebadges infrastructure-ni.

For queries or advice about claiming compensation due to a road problem, contact DFI Roads claim unit. For queries about your identity check, email nida nidirect. For queries or advice about criminal record checks, email ani accessni. For queries or advice about employment rights, contact the Labour Relations Agency. For queries or advice about passports, contact HM Passport Office. For queries or advice about pensions, contact the Northern Ireland Pension Centre.

If you wish to report a problem with a road or street you can do so online in this section. If you wish to check on a problem or fault you have already reported, contact DfI Roads. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Enter a valid email address. This feedback form is for issues with the nidirect website only. You can use it to report a problem or suggest an improvement to a webpage. Enter your feedback characters maximum.

Enter your question characters maximum. Extra comments optional. What to do next Comments or queries about angling can be emailed to anglingcorrespondence daera-ni. What to do next If you have a comment or query about benefits, you will need to contact the government department or agency which handles that benefit.

Carer's Allowance Call Email dcs. What to do next Comments or queries about the Blue Badge scheme can be emailed to bluebadges infrastructure-ni. What to do next For queries or advice about careers, contact the Careers Service. What to do next For queries or advice about claiming compensation due to a road problem, contact DFI Roads claim unit.

What to do next For queries about your identity check, email nida nidirect. There are various stages to every claim including the exchanging of relevant documents, the preparation of a schedule of loss, the drafting of witness statements and, of course, the final hearing. A timetable will be set between the parties and in agreement with the Tribunal usually at a preliminary hearing, which will often be by telephone for each of these stages and penalties can be imposed for a failure to comply with the timetable.

The listing of the final hearing will be subject to the workload of the Tribunal, the number and complexity of issues to be determined and the availability of witnesses but you could reasonably expect it to take six months to a year to get a hearing date. Judgment may be reserved following the hearing and may not be sent for another month or so, though it must be sent within a reasonable time. We have a wealth of experience within the team of advising employees on claims and representing them in the Employment Tribunal.

If you are contemplating bringing a claim against your employer, it is important that you get advice as early as possible in the process so you can prepare fully and be in the best possible position to be successful. We would be happy to explore the different funding options with you.