Comments on: Getting the most out of your adviser http://etclaims.co.uk/2008/07/getting-the-most-out-of-your-adviser/ tactics & precedents Tue, 22 May 2012 10:48:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Camilla Palmer http://etclaims.co.uk/2008/07/getting-the-most-out-of-your-adviser/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Camilla Palmer Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:03:41 +0000 http://etclaims.co.uk/?p=281#comment-1169 I agree about sorting out documents and chronological means the most recent document at the back of the bundle so the 'story' reads like a book - beginning to end. This does not always happen. Highlighting key documents is also helpful. What is also really useful is for you to prepare (at an early stage) a fairly detailed chronology of events as this could save the adviser an hour or two of going through what happened. It is also easier to do when you have time to prepare it and can check dates against documents. It saves hours if you can start to prepare your statement - it is meant to be the employee's statement, not the adviser's, and is always better in your words not your lawyer's. Again, this should be done in chronological order. Ask the adviser for an outline of what should be included. I agree about sorting out documents and chronological means the most recent document at the back of the bundle so the ‘story’ reads like a book – beginning to end. This does not always happen. Highlighting key documents is also helpful.

What is also really useful is for you to prepare (at an early stage) a fairly detailed chronology of events as this could save the adviser an hour or two of going through what happened. It is also easier to do when you have time to prepare it and can check dates against documents.

It saves hours if you can start to prepare your statement – it is meant to be the employee’s statement, not the adviser’s, and is always better in your words not your lawyer’s. Again, this should be done in chronological order. Ask the adviser for an outline of what should be included.

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