Unfair dismissal claims for UK employees
Unfairly dismissed? Know where you stand.
Answer a few questions about what happened. We tell you, in plain English, whether you have a claim and what it could be worth.
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What is Fairdo?
Fairdo handles unfair dismissal claims from start to finish. We assess what happened, organise your evidence, and set out your case in formal letters to your employer, grounded in employment law and decided cases.
Nothing is sent until it has been reviewed. If your employer agrees to settle, a specialist employment lawyer completes the paperwork and the money is paid to you.
Doing it alone
A letter your employer can ignore
- Template letters with no law behind them
- Time limits are easy to miss
- No real idea what your claim is worth
- Every reply needs a decision you have to guess at
The traditional route
Meetings, letters and hourly fees
- Hourly fees can outrun a smaller claim
- Costs are hard to predict at the start
- Progress between letters can feel slow
- Hard to see what is happening with your case
With us
A built case, pressed to settlement
- You pay only out of money recovered
- Letters grounded in the law, reviewed before sending
- Deadlines tracked from day one
- Your case page always up to date
- A specialist employment lawyer for the settlement paperwork
How it works
From first question to final payment.
1
Check your claim
Five minutes of questions about your dismissal. You get an honest view of whether you have a claim and an indication of what it could be worth, at no cost.
2
We build your case
We build your case and handle the letters. Evidence, deadlines and paperwork are organised for you, and your case page shows where things stand at any hour.
3
Your employer is put on notice
A formal letter sets out your claim, the law behind it and the cost of ignoring it. Employers take a properly argued case seriously.
4
Your settlement, done properly
If your employer settles, a specialist lawyer completes your settlement agreement. You sign, and the money is paid to you.
Your case page
Talk like a person. See everything.
No legal jargon, no chasing for updates. You describe what happened in your own words, drop in your documents, and watch your case move stage by stage.
Plain-English conversations
Ask anything about your case, any time. Answers come back in plain English.
Every stage, visible
Your case page shows what has happened and what comes next, day or night.
Letters that mean business
Drafted for you, grounded in the law it cites, reviewed before sending.
Every case comes with
- A plain-English assessment of your claim and its value
- Formal letters drafted for you, citing the law that applies
- A human review of every letter before it is sent
- Your evidence and documents organised in one place
- Tribunal deadlines tracked from day one
- A specialist employment lawyer for your settlement agreement
The law, in plain English
A dismissal has to be fair in substance and fair in process. If yours was neither, you may well have a claim.
Based on the fairness test in the Employment Rights Act 1996, section 98(4)
Our fee
You pay 15% of what we recover. Nothing if you lose.
- No upfront payment
- No hourly rates
- No recovery, no fee
Questions
Answered plainly.
How do I know if I have a claim?
The quickest way to find out is the claim checker. It asks about your dismissal, how long you were employed and what you were paid, then gives you an honest view. If your case is weak, we say so.
What does it cost?
Checking your claim is free. If we take your case on, our fee is a percentage of the money recovered for you, agreed in writing before we start. If you recover nothing, you pay nothing.
Who does the legal work?
Your case is built and managed by our team, and every letter is reviewed by a person before it is sent. The settlement agreement at the end is completed by a specialist employment lawyer.
Will I have to go to a tribunal hearing?
Most claims like these settle before a hearing. A strong, well-evidenced case is usually taken seriously early. If yours does need to go further, you will know exactly where you stand first.
How long do I have?
Usually three months less one day from the date your employment ended. ACAS early conciliation can pause that clock, but the safe assumption is that time is short. Check your claim as soon as you can.
Find out where you stand.
Most tribunal claims must start within three months less one day of dismissal, so it pays to check early. Five minutes, free, no obligation.