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5 Grievance Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Case

Most grievances fail before they are even read properly, because of five mistakes people make in how they raise them.

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What you'll get

PDF GUIDE
The 5 Phrases (and the safer alternatives)
Each phrase is broken down: what HR hears when you say it, why it weakens your defence, and the exact wording to use instead. Built from real disciplinary cases over 23 years of employment law practice.
WORKED EXAMPLES
Before-and-after responses
Side-by-side examples of common HR questions and the wrong-versus-right reply. Drop-in phrasing for emails, meetings, and formal hearings.
QUICK REFERENCE
One-page summary card
Print or save to your phone. Glance at it before any meeting with HR or your manager so the safer phrasing stays at hand.
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What you'll walk away with

What this guide actually does

01
Recognise the 5 mistakes that turn a real grievance into one HR can dismiss on procedure alone.
02
Write your grievance in the wording that protects later legal options, including constructive dismissal.
03
Spot when HR is trying to "informally resolve" something to avoid the formal grievance process.
04
Keep the right paper trail in case the grievance becomes the foundation of a tribunal claim.
A note on AI advice

Why this isn't a ChatGPT printout

AI is good at summarising the law. It is not good at applying it to your specific letter, your specific employer's pattern, or the procedural choice that fits this exact situation.

Claimants email this account every week with replies they've drafted using ChatGPT. The replies are confident, fluent, and wrong. The wording escalates a defence that should have been kept narrow. Or it concedes ground the law would have given them. Or it answers a question that hadn't actually been asked.

A prominent HR creator recently said "don't worry about your ET1, just get ChatGPT to write it." That is dangerous advice.

Every guide here is built from real case work, refined over weeks, and reviewed line by line. Same starting point a private client gets in a £500 + VAT initial consultation. Without the £500.

Why this guide exists

Solicitor-grade work, compressed

Each guide is built from the cases and questions that come into the firm. The same kind of detail a private client would receive in a £500 + VAT initial consultation, structured so you can use it at home, before HR escalates anything.

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