How to negotiate a settlement agreement
What's actually negotiable, when to push, and the most common mistakes that cost people money.
Read guide →Guides & FAQs
Plain-English guides - no legalese.
Short, honest guides on how settlement agreements actually work in practice.
Tax on settlement payments - the £30,000 rule
How the first £30,000 is usually tax-free, where notice pay and PILON fit, and the traps people fall into.
Read guide →What happens if you breach a settlement agreement
Confidentiality, repayment clauses, references - what's enforceable and what isn't.
Read guide →ACAS early conciliation and COT3 agreements explained
What a COT3 is, how it differs from a settlement agreement, and when one beats the other.
Read guide →What's a reasonable settlement amount?
How to think about ranges, what drives a higher offer, and why grounds matter.
Read guide →Protected conversations (s111A) explained
When the conversation is protected, where the limits are, and what to do if it's not.
Read guide →Guide articles coming soon - each will follow the question / short-answer pattern with FAQPage schema for SEO.