Settlement agreement?
Breathe. You're in safe hands.
Onward gives you a calm, qualified UK solicitor on the phone today. Settlement-agreement advice is free to you - your employer pays our fee.
- FreeSettlement-agreement advice is free to you. Your employer pays the fee.
- NowSpeak to a solicitor immediately. Early mornings, evenings & weekends.
- Employees onlyWe act only for employees. One named solicitor, start to finish.
Running the other side of the table? Onward for employers →
It's Sunday. The email landed Friday at 4:47pm. You've read it nine times. You've told no one.
That's the moment Onward exists for. By Monday morning, you'll have spoken to a solicitor, know what the offer is actually worth, and have a plan.
A solicitor on your side. Not a process.
Employer pays for the advice.
Settlement-agreement advice is free to you - your employer covers it by law. Additional services are agreed up front, never billed to you.
One solicitor, start to finish.
You speak to Taj Ahmed personally. 20+ years on the employee's side.
We act for employees only.
Never employers. No conflicts, no panels, no divided loyalty. Plain English, properly fast.
- Settlement Agreements
- Compromise Agreements
- ACAS / COT3 Agreements
- Mutual Separation Agreements
- Voluntary Redundancy Agreements
- Termination Agreements
- Severance Agreements
- Protected / Without-Prejudice Conversations
What's your offer actually worth?
Sixty seconds, five questions, an honest indicative range. Then a solicitor sanity-checks it. Free.
Mid-career employee · possible unfair-dismissal grounds.
- - Statutory redundancy + notice pay
- - Negotiation uplift band
- - First £30,000 usually tax-free
Whether there's room to push the offer up comes down to your specific grounds - unfair dismissal, discrimination, unpaid wages. We'll tell you honestly on the call.
Offer to signed, usually the same day.
- 01Immediately
Call - speak to a solicitor
No call centre. No queue. A qualified solicitor picks up - early mornings and evenings included.
- 02Within hours
We review your agreement
Taj reads it properly and works out whether the offer is fair.
- 03Same day
Plain-English explanation
What every clause means, the tax position, what to push back on.
- 04Done
Sign - employer pays our fee
Advice certified, agreement signed by secure e-signature.
Which side are you on?
I've been offered a settlement agreement.
Free, same-day advice from a solicitor who acts only for employees. Your employer pays the fee.
Get free advice→I need a settlement agreement drafted.
Fixed-fee drafting and HR retainer support. Commissioned work only - we don't act against employees we'd otherwise advise.
Request a quote→Calm. Clear. On your side.
"Calm, clear and genuinely on my side. Spotted things I'd have missed. Sorted in a day."
"Plain English, no jargon. Picked up the phone in the evening when I was panicking."
"I'd dreaded the legal bit. Onward made it the easiest part of the whole process."
Taj Ahmed. Twenty years on your side.
Taj trained at Christian Khan - the renowned human-rights firm - and at Thompsons, the union firm where he advised members of Unite, Unison and the GMB. He built Onward because individuals deserve the calibre of advice big companies pay City rates for.
The things people actually ask.
Don't sign it yet.
Free, same-day advice from a qualified solicitor. Your employer pays the fee.