Represent yourself at tribunal. We do the paperwork. You keep 100% of any award.

A solicitor for your employment case costs £5,000–£25,000 plus VAT — often 25–40% of your award on top.

Employment Tribunal — Self-Representation

Represent yourself at tribunal.

We do the paperwork. You keep 100% of any award.

We charge £399 flat. No percentage. No subscription. You file yourself — we handle every document.

One payment. 14-day refund guarantee.

Free — no sign-up needed

See what you could be owed.

The statutory formula employment tribunals use. No card, no email. Your figure appears as you type.

Everything a solicitor would produce. Done by you.

Compiled from your answers. Covers unfair dismissal, discrimination, constructive dismissal and unpaid wages.

Structured in the correct legal format with chronology, key dates and facts supporting each ground of claim.

Exact losses calculated from your figures — lost earnings, notice pay, pension, injury to feelings.

Subject Access Request

Forces your employer to hand over your HR file, emails and disciplinary records before the hearing.

Costs Warning Letter

Signals you are serious. Prompts many employers to make a settlement offer before the hearing date.

Reads letters from the other side, explains what they mean and drafts your responses throughout the case.

Watches the tribunal clock — ACAS, ET1, responses, hearing dates. Tells you what is due and when.

Evidence Bundle Guide

Step-by-step instructions for organising and submitting your evidence exactly as the tribunal expects.

The tribunal is built for people without solicitors.

Employment tribunals were designed to be accessible without legal representation. Around 60% of cases settle before a hearing — often the moment the other side sees a properly structured claim and schedule of loss.

The problem is never the tribunal. It is the paperwork. We handle the paperwork.

Answer the questions

Plain English. No legal jargon. 45 to 90 minutes at your own pace. Come back any time.

Review your documents

ET1, witness statement, schedule of loss and supporting letters ready to download. Edit anything before you finalise.

File with the tribunal

You file directly, in your name. We show you exactly how, step by step. We are the tools, not an intermediary.

Real cases. No lawyers.

Unfair dismissal · Leeds

Constructive dismissal · London

From customer feedback and representative user experiences. Surnames shortened where requested. Individual outcomes vary.

“I built it for the person I was — kitchen table, 1am, cold cup of tea, staring at a letter from a solicitor and not knowing where to begin.”

I went through my own employment tribunal. I started with a solicitor; then the bills came and I had no income. So I stopped — and what followed was one of the loneliest things I have ever done. Reading case law at 3am, filling in forms that assumed I already knew the answers, fielding formal letters from the other side’s lawyers alone.

I had also represented myself in the small claims court (filmed for BBC One’s

The Sheriffs Are Coming

) and through my own divorce without a solicitor. The system is navigable. Start My Claim is what I wish had existed.

Paul Keene — Founder, Start My Claim

A fraction of what a solicitor costs.

Employment solicitors charge £200–£400/hr. A full case runs £5,000–£25,000 plus VAT, often 25–40% of your award on top. We charge a flat fee. You keep everything.

No subscription. No renewal. 14-day refund guarantee.

includes a £199 upgrade credit toward Full Case.

Three months minus one day.

That is your window from dismissal to filing. Start your documents today.

Start My Claim is self-service software, not a law firm.