FAQ

The Advocate Partners are a team of experienced representatives who have been involved in trade unions movement for over 40 years. We believe that the individual advice and representation services of a trade union should be extended to all employees on a ‘pay as you go’ basis.

How can the Advocate Partners support me?

1. Once you get in touch, we will provide you with a free initial consultation. This will involve evaluating your representation needs, discussing how best to construct your case, what you need to do to prepare and your prospects of success. We will also provide an estimate of our costs if you want to progress with our support.

2. If you are submitting a grievance (or similar) complaint, we can guide you with what to write in your complaint letter. Or your appeal letter if you have had an unsatisfactory outcome to an earlier disciplinary or grievance hearing.

3. Produce a detailed and persuasive written statement for you. How well-written and professional this will be is critical to how successful you are in achieving the outcome you are seeking.

4. Arrange for you to be represented at any Formal Meetings by an exceptionally experienced and professional representative of a trade union, who will present your case in by far the most effective and compelling way.

5. Negotiate a settlement or compromise agreement for you if you have a strong case and your employer wants to avoid the time and cost of legal proceedings.

6.    Provide you with guidance and support if you eventually need to take your case to an employment tribunal.

During your initial consultation with one of our representatives we will be transparent in setting out our costs. And we’ll leave you to decide if you want to use our services. There will be no hard sell from our representatives.

Each individual case is different, and we’ll need to assess your requirement before setting out our costs.

Solicitors and Barristers, who can’t represent you in formal meetings with your employer, can charge up to £1000 per hour. Even a local solicitor is going to cost you £200 an hour. 

It will be a representative of our partner trade union.

The representative who will accompany you at meetings with your employer will be a highly qualified and experienced professional with a trach record in successfully representing employees.

We certainly can. Our partner union provides a fantastic service. But bear in mind that union membership is like an insurance policy.

You will not be able to receive individual representation on any 'pre-existing conditions' that may have arisen before you started paying your membership.

In fact, many unions refuse representation with individual needs for the first three or six months after a new member joins a union.

That is why the service we provide at The Advocate Partners is so unique - providing you with union representation on a 'pay when you need it' basis.

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