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COT3 Settlement Help

A COT3 can settle an employment tribunal claim on binding terms. Before agreeing, every key term should be clear.

When this page is for you

This page is for claimants negotiating through Acas or about to confirm settlement wording.

What can go wrong

Unclear terms can cause problems with payment, withdrawal, tax, confidentiality, reference wording and whether future claims are compromised.

What ProHearings checks

ProHearings checks the payment amount, date, tax treatment, reference, confidentiality, no admission wording, scope of claims and what happens if payment is late.

Documents to send now

Send the draft terms, offer emails, ET1, ET3, schedule of loss and any reference wording proposed.

Best next step

The best next step is to agree financial and non financial terms as a complete package, not one isolated figure.

Official sources

FAQs

01Is this urgent:
Yes if there is a tribunal deadline, hearing date, order, exchange deadline, strike out threat, settlement offer or costs warning that needs a response soon.
02Can ProHearings draft the document:
ProHearings can prepare or review tribunal documents where the evidence and deadline allow. The first step is to send the key documents in date order.
03Will this guarantee success:
No. The aim is to protect the position, improve the document and make the next procedural step as strong as possible.

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