I dont know. I havent spoken to them as yet. Ive just had an email from them saying theyll try and get it sorted today, but no promises. Thing I dont get is that they said last week that they will sort it for today to be included as part of the pay run for their other employees right, but theyve just said they only said to check my account today, that that wasnt meant to mean it would be in today. Ok thats possible, if unlikely. But in this new email she said theyd try to do it today, but that they had it scheduled for submitting to my account on 12th, to be in by the cut off date of the agreemend which was the 14th. Why didnt they just tell me that last week so I didnt go and arrange payments on the initial date they gave me!!

Oh I did, and didnt lay out any money, but I did expect them to keep their word. I at least have an email from then admitting they told me to go and check my account today which at the very least shows they did say it would go in today. At least Ill have that as proof if I have to file against them to pay any extra amounts that I have to pay by missing this date today. I imagine they are hurriedly taking advice at the moment as Ive told them Ill be filing against them again If I have to pay more due to them not keeping to their word.

Well I should have known it wasnt going to be as easy as that. After the former employer telling me in a phonecall the settlement would be recieved today, not a penny has hit my account. Ive emailed them and they are now saying they only said to 'check my account today' not that it would actually be int today. Wouldnt be a problem if I hadnt already made agreements with a couple of creditors to pay off outstanding amounts at a discounted rate today. Payments that if not kept to will revert back to the higher amount due because Ill have missed the agreed payment date. Not a happy bunny. Ive told them Ill be passing the extra charges back to them, but I have a funny feeling theyll just say the written terms of the agreement require payment by the 14th, whatever theyve said after that doesnt matter tiddly squat.

Its a little petty, but Im going to take HUGE delight in rubbing this in a few peoples faces who said it was my fault I got fired and I should have just accepted it. Petty I know, but the relief after the sheer amount of time and suffering its caused means Im gonna have a little pleasure at last lol

Me Ill fight things just because theyre wrong. Im not one to suffer injustice easily.

No cos Ive only actually been to court the once.

Im sure Rachel will correct me if Im wrong, but Im pretty sure the banks have the provision to supply you out with a line of finance until a cheque clears if you can prove youve had the regular same income for the last however long. Thats if they do try to pay you with a cheque of course.

You might be right, Ill edit it until after Ive received the settlement. The agreement states that I wont reveal the terms of the agreement though, nothing about the fact of who it was with. But safety first as you say

A vexatious litigant? Nope not at, just one of those people who will fight fire with fire and will not be bullied. (although in all fairness, the moorcroft and capital ones were the wifes debts, I just fought them to a standstill to get a fair settlement. Ie, one that didnt double the debt with unjustifiable charges lol

Ok, lets see if its worked.........

While Im here, how do I add my small yet growing list of victories to the bottom of my posts?

Well in all honesty I wouldnt have stood as firm as I did without the advice and moral support from people on here, so if any of you are ever in my neck of the woods in manchester, dinners on me.

In all honesty, both the ner HR manager and their solicitor said I shouldnt have been fired. And they were REALLY interested in the fact that I had incntrevertable proof of them mucking up other job offers. The new HR manager said it looked pretty clear Id fallen foul of their 'triangle' as she called it. Funny that all 3 of the managers in that 'triangle' had gone tho. The old HR manager wouldnt have hired a solicitor either tho, shed have gone all guns blazing to do it herself. Thats the only reason it took so long to finally get resolved. Her arrogance.

In all honesty, both the ner HR manager and their solicitor said I shouldnt have been fired. And they were REALLY interested in the fact that I had incntrevertable proof of them mucking up other job offers. The new HR manager said it looked pretty clear I

Rachel, Fear not, I havent made any plans at all other than paying off one of wifes debts thats been breathing down our neck more loudly recently. Fortunately, they have to pay me within 14 days as that was one of the written conditions, but like you say, stranger things have happened. Jtors, I dont know what stage youre up to, but the way I ended up forcing the release of documents was to be utterly ruthless and merciless, by hammering them every week without fail for anything I wanted, and cc'ing in the tribunal office with every email so they knew I meant business. I was fortunate to have good poeple on here to help, as well as one or two union officials advising me, but my best advice is be 'overly polite and diplomatic' in the wording of every email, but make sure they know you mean business. I wasnt afraid of telling them straight that I would report them for intentionally timewasting and dithering either, twice I told them I would file for sanctions and both time got rapido responses lol

Well just had a phone call from them saying theyll put the settlement direct into my account a week on friday. Think they are very definitely trying to get it over and done with? lol

Nope, self represented on self researched along with invaluable assistance from the good caggers of the world. I tell you what, that ouspada v sports group or whatever REALLY took them off gaurd, they werent expecting it one bit............

Is that code for a merciless and incorrigible git? lol

Ok so we go into the courtroom and the ex employer has FINALLY retained legal counsel. Their first move is a motion to dismiss on the grounds that I hadn't filed a witness statement. My argument was I hadnt been asked for one, and I had filed all documents requested, including incident reports, notes from hearings and witness statements from my witness. Their motion was refused. I then filed to have ALL their statements removed as they had NO witnesses available to clarify their statements. Amazingly the judge granted this. So no witness statements, and the CCTV was kicked out as well. The judge then made mention of the fact that I had offered no less than 7 times to discuss resolution, and would the respondent care to entertain the notion again before we proceeded. They took the option to do that and off we trotted. I got an offer about 5 minutes later, not bad, not good. This was rejected. I countered with a higher offer, and a non negotiable demand that they stopped slandering me and we agreed on a reference for the future. They came back with a higher offer, and an agreement to the reference. I sent them back with a condition that the 28 day payment wasnt acceptable and it had to be paid within 14 days. This was accepted and settlement was finally reached. Not the amount that had been bandied about in the above discussion, but SUBSTANTIALLY more than more than their initial. More than enough to get us properly back on our feet, clear all our car finance, buy a new car, finally sort out the house and see us through christmas. So all in all, A win I'd say!!!

I'm on my phone on the way home. ill put a full report on here in the next 20 minutes or so.

ok guys. it's all over. who wants to know what happened?

Ok so the big day is tomorrow. todays is being spent putting everything together (again) and making sure Im ready. And keeping an eye out for more stupid emails from them................

So today I get an email from their new head of HR. this after asking for and receiving another copy of my schedule of loss. Shes now asking for my witness statement. Bearing in mind, I never actually produced a document for a statement, nor was I asked for one in the original request of their documents for the evidence bundle. I told her that she has the notes from all three hearings, and all the incident reports, including mine and that should be sufficient. If shes lost more documents, thats not my problem. I also reminded her I still havent received a copy of the cctv, despite asking for it, and nor had I received any correspondence regarding the bits of evidence that I had objected to. Her response was thank you for your confirmation. Thats it. Whats she playing at?

So today I get an email from their new head of HR. this after asking for and receiving another copy of my schedule of loss. Shes now asking for my witness statement. Bearing in mind, I never actually produced a document for a statement, nor was I asked for one in the original request of their documents for the evidence bundle. I told her that she has the notes from all three hearings, and all the incident reports, including mine and that should be sufficient. If shes lost more documents, thats not my problem. I also reminded her I still havent received a copy of the cctv, despite asking for it, and nor had I received any correspondence regarding the bits of evidence that I had objected to. Her response was thank you for your confirmation. Thats it. Whats she playing at?

So today