I have been sacked by my employer and I was just wondering,

Thank you. If you were to make a claim against an employer then you will indeed have to pay for legal representation yourself. As to the employer’s legal fees, assuming this is a limited company, it will be its own legal entity and will have its own responsibility for its debts and liabilities. As the company itself will be the respondent, it will bear the legal costs itself – not through its directors. The directors are just officers of the company, they are not responsible for the company’s debts and expenses, and neither would the managers be. So this is how it works, I see morally you may wish to see those running the company pay for the fees but that is not how it works legally. I hope this has answered your query. I would be grateful if you could please take a second to leave a positive rating (3, 4 or 5 stars) as that is an important part of our process and recognises the time I have spent assisting you. If you need me to clarify anything before you go - please get back to me on here and I will assist further as best as I can. Thank you

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Compensation also comes from the company, unless you ere making a personal claim for discrimination in which case the claim and the liability is personal against those people against whom you are making the claim. So if you re claiming unfair dismissal then this can only be made against the employer, that being the company. However, if you were also making a claim for discrimination, such as on grounds of race, gender, age, etc then you can also make the claim against the individual responsible for the discriminatory conduct and in that case they would have personal liability

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