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Help with discrimination and home legal cover and more
Hi all,
I would please like some help with my grievance at work / potential employment tribunal, which is driving me mad and taken over my life like I imagine it does to most people.
I am a public sector employee, actually not an employee but somebody who is a crown servant/holds office of C (I am sure you gurus know what I mean)
I have what I feel is a strong discrimination case. The strong case is based on my perception and I am a novice and obviously in need of a legal opinion.
I have exhausted all interal grievance procedures and than some more! There is not going to be a resolution at work and that is definite.
I thought I was privileged by being part of something similar to a union who use one of the best law firms around. Unfortunately a senior member of this union type is refusing me a legal opinion unless I can tell him exactly what laws are being broken. He told me this only when I finally got through to him after weeks of emails, phonecalls and letters. I am getting sidetracked here but his behaviour has been disgraceful for someone in such a position of authority. I unfortunately cannot tell him the exact laws nroken by my organisation.
I am therefore finding some heavy weight employment law firms in London and looking to private fund (it is highly possible I may not be able to afford this) or use my home legal cover. I have AA home insurance and here is an extract from the policy, which is confusing me:
internal grievances brought by you.
What I would like to know is whether this covers me taking my organisation to an employment tribunal for a discrimination case, namely a disability one where I have already raised the issue as an internal grievance. The wording seems bizarre as surely you have to raise a grievance and exhaust all internal procedures before litigation?
Can somebody help with the home legal cover extract please?
I would also like to know if you guys can recommend on this forum? I am looking for a real heavy weight solicitor / law firm as any employment tribunal I have is likely to be a closed hearing (I am sure you legal Gurus would know why and I cannot go into it too much on a public forum)
So far I will be contacting Bindman, Equal Justice (formerly Lawrence Davies co). I know Russel Jones and Walker have a great reputation and are the ones used by what I have similar to a union but cannot get through to them due to the poor union themselves!
Any advice and I mean any at all to the above would be hugely appreicated.
Many Thanks in Advance
Prism
I would please like some help with my grievance at work / potential employment tribunal, which is driving me mad and taken over my life like I imagine it does to most people.
I am a public sector employee, actually not an employee but somebody who is a crown servant/holds office of C (I am sure you gurus know what I mean)
I have what I feel is a strong discrimination case. The strong case is based on my perception and I am a novice and obviously in need of a legal opinion.
I have exhausted all interal grievance procedures and than some more! There is not going to be a resolution at work and that is definite.
I thought I was privileged by being part of something similar to a union who use one of the best law firms around. Unfortunately a senior member of this union type is refusing me a legal opinion unless I can tell him exactly what laws are being broken. He told me this only when I finally got through to him after weeks of emails, phonecalls and letters. I am getting sidetracked here but his behaviour has been disgraceful for someone in such a position of authority. I unfortunately cannot tell him the exact laws nroken by my organisation.
I am therefore finding some heavy weight employment law firms in London and looking to private fund (it is highly possible I may not be able to afford this) or use my home legal cover. I have AA home insurance and here is an extract from the policy, which is confusing me:
4. Employment
We
cover the following:
Legal costs
for pursuing legal proceedings arising from a dispute with
your
employer as an employee under your contract of employment.
We
do not cover the following:
Any claim relating to:
disputes under a contract of employment which occur within 90 days of the
start date of this Legal Expenses policy;
Any claim relating to:
disputes under a contract of employment which occur within 90 days of the
start date of this Legal Expenses policy;
•
•
•
the Equal Pay Act 1970 (or amending laws);
travelling expenses, allowances or compensation payments for being off
work; or
travelling expenses, allowances or compensation payments for being off
work; or
•
any disciplinary procedures brought against
you by your employer, or any
internal grievances brought by you.
What I would like to know is whether this covers me taking my organisation to an employment tribunal for a discrimination case, namely a disability one where I have already raised the issue as an internal grievance. The wording seems bizarre as surely you have to raise a grievance and exhaust all internal procedures before litigation?
Can somebody help with the home legal cover extract please?
I would also like to know if you guys can recommend on this forum? I am looking for a real heavy weight solicitor / law firm as any employment tribunal I have is likely to be a closed hearing (I am sure you legal Gurus would know why and I cannot go into it too much on a public forum)
So far I will be contacting Bindman, Equal Justice (formerly Lawrence Davies co). I know Russel Jones and Walker have a great reputation and are the ones used by what I have similar to a union but cannot get through to them due to the poor union themselves!
Any advice and I mean any at all to the above would be hugely appreicated.
Many Thanks in Advance
Prism
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