If you have been offered a settlement agreement and are looking for a settlement agreement Solicitor in Northampton or if you are looking for a Northampton employment solicitor look no further. We are ideally placed to help you.
We are based near Raunds on the outskirts of Northampton and provide settlement agreement advice to clients in and around Northamptonshire. We can provide advice on your settlement agreement by telephone or face to face or via video appointment. You will find our rates highly competitive and based on our locality not the higher London rates you would expect from the registered office address.
On 93% of all Settlement Agreements cases we have been able to get a better deal
Your Northampton Settlement Agreement team
We are a team of experienced employment solicitors with over 50 years of employment law experience between us. One of the Northampton settlement agreement solicitors will assist you with your case. The primary solicitor will be Sarah King, a solicitor with over 20 years’ experience of advising on settlement agreements.
Sarah, or one of the Excello Law team, can help negotiate the best possible exit for you. On 93% of all Settlement Agreements cases we have been able to get a better deal for our clients either financially or enhancing the terms.
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Your choice for Northampton Settlement Agreement Advice
We are a team of experienced employment solicitors who will provide you with the required advice as to the terms and the effect on your ability to pursue your rights before an Employment Tribunal if you do sign the settlement agreement.
However, all included in the fee is much more.
You will also have the opportunity to talk through your case and whether the package is adequate. The team's vast experience means we also know what terms we would expect to see and the clauses we should be asking for in your unique case. You have nothing to lose – you get an expert for less.
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Northampton Settlement Agreement Case Studies
July 2023 – Northampton – Disability discrimination
The client instructed Sarah to advise on the settlement agreement offered after a period of sickness absence for disability related reasons. Sarah was able to negotiate an 80% increase in the termination payment. As part of the negotiations we secured an additional contribution to legal fees from the employer meaning that the client was able to retain all of the package himself.
April 2023 – Northampton – Company property collection
The client had agreed terms with her employer and we were instructed once the settlement agreement has been drafted so negotiations were exhausted. We were still able to arrange for company property to be collected by courier rather than the client do a 120 mile round trip to deliver them. Several unfavourable terms were removed and having secured an increase in legal fees from the employer the client had no charge personally.
Jan 23 – Northampton – Poor treatment by charity
The client originally came to see Sarah with a settlement agreement which proposed to terminate her employment at the end of September, pay her notice of three months and give her less than one month’s money. Sarah raised concerns openly with the employer a large charity about the treatment of the client who was disabled within the meaning of the Equality Act and that she was being threatened to sign the settlement or be dismissed for gross misconduct which was then relied upon as a protected act.
The employer instructed solicitors and they refused to negotiate. With Sarah’s support and expertise the client turned down the offer and was then suspended and raised a grievance of victimisation and the disciplinary process commenced. Sarah assisted the client throughout to navigate the process and be two steps ahead of the employer at all times. As a result of the tactics, the client ended up remaining an employee on full pay for three months with benefits and then receiving her notice and an additional six months net pay on top. Had the charity negotiated at the outset then this matter would have cost them less than half the actual cost to resolve and the client was immensely grateful for the support and guidance.
August 2022 – Northampton – doubled termination payment
The client instructed Sarah after being presented with a settlement agreement already at work. The offer was low at around £5,000 plus notice pay. As a result of advice Sarah was able to negotiate this payment up to £12,750 instead as well as agreeing a number of amendments to the actual agreement as this was a poorly drafted agreement from the employer full of errors. The legal fee contribution was initially also very low at £350 plus VAT but we were able to increase this as part of the amendments to £500 plus VAT meaning the client had no contribution to pay himself as all of the amendments and counter offer were swiftly accepted.
March 22 – Northampton – final deal three times higher
The client brought Sarah in at an early stage to assist with a mutually agreed exit following a period of ill-health. The client had a complex package as is standard for senior executives but the Company had recently reorganised its equity following a public offering and working out what entitlement the client had under the new equity scheme compared to the older scheme made this matter more complex.
The client had ongoing medical treatment and was able to secure a host of additional benefits or cash for the same including £15,000 expressly to cover medical insurance premiums, extended holiday and a longer termination date. The notice was paid as a lump sum and bonuses secured. In addition, there was a relaxation of the restrictive covenants and the release of some IP behind documents the client created for the Company so she would use these in coaching and training going forward under a white label. The final deal was almost three times higher at the end than initial indications excluding the significant equity that the client was able to retain and cash in.
Nov 2021 – Northampton – redundancy package
Sarah was asked to advise on a settlement agreement given to the client with a package to exit on a site closure. There was not much that could be done with the offer as it was already enhanced but the agreement required about 17 amendments including securing an enhanced reference for the client rather than a factual reference and agreeing that he could not use his holiday before the termination date and be paid for any days accrued but untaken. The costs of the settlement agreement were borne by the employer solely with no contribution required from the client.
Jan 2021 – Northampton – repeat client
This client returned to Sarah for the third time when he was made redundant from his senior executive role on this occasion with a settlement agreement. The agreement only required minor amendments and due to taking telephone advice from Sarah initially he was able to negotiate direct and get the package he was looking for given his seniority. There was no contribution to legal fees from the client direct in this matter.