compromise agreement

ken.henery

If theres a mistake in a compromise agreement such as my employment commenced 1999 and my redundancy pay is based on 1999 but the agreement says 1986 I only just noticed this

J-Pop

I can't answer your question but i recieved a compromise aggreement and the solicitor noticed that it was worded for under English laws instead of Scottish laws and it now looks likely that i will have to pay some of my own money while i wait to get this sorted.

Roobarb_73

the wording isn't massively different for English/Scottish compromise agreements (having done both)

Re the OP - have you already signed it? How long ago?

getmore4less

J-Pop wrote: »

I can't answer your question but i recieved a compromise aggreement and the solicitor noticed that it was worded for under English laws instead of Scottish laws and it now looks likely that i will have to pay some of my own money while i wait to get this sorted.

Why, it is up to the provder to produce a legal document if not should they not cover the the costs?

J-Pop

getmore4less wrote: »

Why, it is up to the provder to produce a legal document if not should they not cover the the costs?

My work said they would cover up to £250.

I have mine sorted now, the solicitor said he will restrict the payment to £250.

SarEl

thriftymanc wrote: »

If you're getting a compromise agreement signed, never tell the solicitor the full amount your employer will pay cos that's what they'll charge you! Of course it's if your employer actually pays the bill outright, but if you have to pay and claim back on expense you're always better off saying 'my employer's paying, they'll cover up to £100' instead of £300 or whatever the real figure is. I had a few friends who all worked at a company that closed down, they had to cover the cost of getting their agreements signed and waited months to get the money back on expense (which I thought was awful when they were being made redundant and couldn't afford to be out of pocket by a few hundred quid for any amount of time). They all mentioned the amount the employer actually said they'd pay up to, except for one friend who thought on his feet and gave a far lower figure. They all got charged the exact amount they mentioned. The solicitor will always ask for the full amount they think they can get away with even though it's only 15 minutes work for them!

Not that this helps in this particular situation - sorry for being a bit OT - but thought I'd mention it in case it comes in handy for anyone else.

Of course - you also get what you pay for. My bill is,well, my bill. I tell people what it will cost. Full stop. And if their company won't pay the bill, then it is still "the bill". But then - I also never do only 15 minutes work on it either. In other words, if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.