Employment barristers for the Birmingham Employment Tribunal.
Counsel for unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and TUPE claims at the Birmingham Employment Tribunal, on Public Access or via solicitors.
Employment Barristers for Birmingham clients
Birmingham is the main employment tribunal centre for the Midlands. The Birmingham Employment Tribunal at Centre City Tower, 5 to 7 Hill Street covers a very large catchment across the West Midlands and beyond, from Coventry and Wolverhampton through to Worcester, Stoke on Trent and much of the wider region.
Clerk and Counsel is a clerking agency, not a chambers. We place independent, self employed employment barristers from the Midland Circuit and the London Bar on Birmingham tribunal work for claimants, respondents and their solicitors. Where Public Access is appropriate we can put counsel on the case on a fixed fee without a solicitor.
Typical Birmingham instructions involve unfair dismissal claims across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and professional services, discrimination and harassment claims, TUPE claims arising from outsourcing and change programmes, and a growing volume of whistleblowing cases in regulated sectors.
For preliminary hearings, interim relief applications and short notice case management orders counsel can usually be engaged within seventy two hours. Full merits hearings are set up on the tribunal timetable.
Areas of work in Birmingham
Unfair and constructive dismissal
Ordinary and automatically unfair dismissal claims across the West Midlands employer base.
Discrimination and harassment
Sex, race, disability, age, religion and belief and sexual orientation discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010.
Whistleblowing and detriment claims
Public interest disclosure claims, interim relief and detriment cases in regulated sectors.
TUPE and change programme claims
Service provision changes, information and consultation failures and collective redundancy consultation.
Equal pay and holiday pay
Multi claimant equal pay and holiday pay claims for Midlands employers and workforces.
Employment Appeal Tribunal work
Grounds of appeal, permission hearings and full appeals at the EAT.
Where these cases are heard
The Birmingham Employment Tribunal is located at Centre City Tower, 5 to 7 Hill Street, Birmingham B5 4UU. It hears the bulk of West Midlands employment claims and takes overflow work from adjacent tribunal regions.
Cases from further out in the region are also listed at other Midland hearing venues from time to time, and preliminary case management hearings are now routinely conducted remotely by CVP.
Employment Appeal Tribunal work is heard at the Rolls Building in London, though counsel can appear remotely or attend in person as required.
What drives this work in Birmingham
Birmingham employment work is driven by the West Midlands manufacturing and logistics base, a large professional and financial services cluster in the city centre and a substantial public sector and healthcare workforce across the region. That mix produces a steady flow of unfair dismissal, discrimination and TUPE claims.
Whistleblowing and detriment cases are increasing in the healthcare, financial services and regulated professional services sectors across the region, and equal pay and holiday pay claims remain a live area for larger public sector and manufacturing employers.
Public Access enquiries from Birmingham are dominated by individual employees dismissed after long service, senior managers negotiating exits, and SME employers responding to claims without in house employment expertise. We are direct about when a matter can be handled by counsel alone.
What instructing counsel costs
Fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. Written advice on merits and quantum for a Birmingham employment claim typically runs between five hundred and one thousand five hundred pounds plus VAT.
Drafting a claim form, response or list of issues is usually in the range of seven hundred to two thousand two hundred pounds plus VAT. Preliminary and case management hearings run from around six hundred pounds plus VAT.
Full merits hearings at the Birmingham Employment Tribunal typically run from around one thousand two hundred pounds plus VAT per day for junior counsel through to three thousand pounds plus VAT per day for senior specialist counsel, with refreshers thereafter.
If you have a Birmingham employment matter that needs counsel, send us a brief and we will come back with a shortlist, an indicative fixed fee where Public Access fits, and confirmation of conflict check timing.
Every barrister we place is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Clerk&Counsel is a clerking agency and does not provide legal services itself.
Employment Barristers in Birmingham, common questions
Where is the Birmingham Employment Tribunal?
Centre City Tower, 5 to 7 Hill Street, Birmingham B5 4UU. It hears the bulk of West Midlands employment claims.
Can I instruct a Birmingham employment barrister without a solicitor?
Yes, on Public Access, where the matter is suitable. We will say up front if we think a solicitor is needed as well.
What does a full tribunal hearing cost in Birmingham?
Junior counsel Birmingham brief fees typically start at around one thousand two hundred pounds plus VAT per day, rising with seniority and complexity.
How quickly can counsel be engaged for interim relief?
For urgent interim relief applications counsel can usually be engaged within twenty four to seventy two hours.
Do you cover Employment Appeal Tribunal work from Birmingham?
Yes, both grounds drafting and advocacy at the EAT, whether attended remotely or in person in London.