You've been handed a settlement agreement.
Don't sign it yet.
Take a breath. By law your employer must pay for your independent legal advice - so a qualified solicitor will read your agreement, explain it plainly, and tell you honestly whether to push back or sign. Usually the same day.
- Free for you - your employer pays our fee, by law
- Same solicitor from first call to signed
- Reviewed within hours, signed the same day
- Evenings 5–9pm so you don't take time off
- All remote - phone, email, secure portal
- SRA-regulated · 20+ years on the employee's side
The meeting was short. The email was long. You've read it five times and you still don't know if it's fair.
That's normal. Settlement agreements are written to favour the employer. Our job - in one phone call - is to make sure you understand exactly what you're being offered, what you're giving up, and what there is to negotiate.
Most first offers leave money on the table.
Where there are genuine legal grounds - unfair dismissal, discrimination, unpaid wages, breach of contract - there's often real room to improve the package. We'll tell you straight whether your offer is fair, low, or worth pushing on. No guarantees. No false promises. Just honest, experienced advice.
Untaken holiday
Outstanding holiday is normally owed on top of your settlement.
Bonus & commission
Often negotiable, especially anything accrued before exit.
Pension contributions
Sometimes paid into pension tax-efficiently - worth more net.
Reference wording
An agreed written reference is gold. We negotiate this in.
Restrictive covenants
Non-competes can often be relaxed, narrowed or removed.
Notice & garden leave
Worth checking whether the offer reflects what you're owed.
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.
You speak to Taj. Every time.
Taj Ahmed trained at Christian Khan - the human-rights firm - and at Thompsons, the union firm representing Unite, Unison and GMB members. Twenty years on the employee's side. No call centre, no paralegal hand-offs.
"Got the email at 5pm on a Friday. Spoke to Taj by 7. Signed by Monday lunchtime, with two clauses changed in my favour. Calm, clear, no nonsense - exactly what I needed."
Settlement agreements, plainly.
The things people actually ask before they sign.
Don't sign it yet.
Free, same-day advice from a qualified solicitor. Your employer pays our fee. You pay nothing.