I have received the ET3 now. The respondent has given a lot of inaccurate information. I'm not saying that it's inaccurate in my opinion, I mean factually inaccurate. Will I be given the opportunity to respond to their ET3 at the hearing or should I let the tribunal know that I disagree with it now?

Thank you SweetLorraine. I've actually seen the etclaims website before but I guess that I didn't look in much detail as I didn't know there was a book, I'll check it out, thank you for that. I'm definitely not using a solicitor as I can't afford it so that's out of the question could you give me any examples of what you have come across regarding sharp practices in your experience? I haven't really got any other questions at the moment as I'm still waiting to receive the ET3, it has been sent by the respondent but hasn't been forwarded to me yet.

Oh, well that's great for you at least. I think that I do have a solid case but I'm in a similar situation to you, no union help and no insurance for legal expenses. I think the whole thing needs to be made a bit clearer for people in this sort of situation as there are a lot of things that are quite vague regarding how the process works. My employer was a giant multi-billion pound company with their own legal team so it should be interesting at least - I feel that they're already trying to intimidate me. I did actually misread the Case Management Orders at first and thought that we both had to complete the bundle, I'm glad I found your thread which made me realise it was just the respondent. There isn't really anything specific that I was going to ask, I do have a lot of questions but I don't think you'll be able to help since you accepted the COT3. I guess I could ask how long it took for them to offer the COT3, how far along were you in the process? There isn't a pre-tribunal hearing in my CMO so I don't know when that would take place. Thanks for responding Thank you and sorry, didn't realise about the PM thing.

Hi Cuthbun, I don't know if you'll see this (hoping that you have email notifications on) but I'm in a similar situation to what you were. I was unfairly dismissed and I've got my Case Management Order from the Tribunal. I found your thread via searching for the terms "documents shall be fastened together in a file so as to open flat" because I'm representing myself and needed some advice. I just wondered if there's anything that you could tell me about your experience or any hints and tips that may be useful? I realise that you posted quite some time ago but would really really appreciate it if you could take the time to respond to me. Sorry to everyone else for bumping this but I can't send PM's as I have