Procedure shouldn't decide your case. You should.
Even Footing helps you think and argue like an advocate — how to frame an issue, shift the burden of proof, and avoid the unforced errors that lose good claims. Grounded in the law. Never false hope.
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Where are you in your claim?
Thinking about a claim
Start with your time limit — it's the most common thing people get wrong.
Start here →Preparing my arguments
Frame your issue so the burden of proof shifts, not slips away.
Start here →Looking for free help
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Start here →The problem we exist for
Self-representation in the Employment Tribunal has surged. Yet unrepresented claimants — often those who can least afford a lawyer — routinely lose not on the merits of how they were treated, but on procedure and framing: missed time limits, claims pleaded so the burden never shifts, arguments aimed at the wrong target. The substantive law protects them. The process defeats them. Even Footing is built to change that.
Tools inside the preview
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Know the law
Plain-English guides, every point cited to the legislation and the cases. The first guides are in development — the tools above are live now.
Time limits
In developmentThree months less a day, ACAS Early Conciliation, and extensions.
Burden of proof
In developmentHow s.136 works and how to make a tribunal 'could conclude'.
Protected acts
In developmentWhat counts as a protected act, and what victimisation means.
Detriments
In developmentWhat a detriment is, and how to plead one clearly.
Comparators
In developmentChoosing a comparator on the axis that actually matches.
Remedies & loss
In developmentInjury to feelings, the Vento bands, and a schedule of loss.
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