As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly respond to an employment tribunal claim.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   Someone with a licence or accountable authority has to sign this before it counts.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 2 hours until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open the tribunal claim, response instructions and every tribunal letter, then save copies and note the stated deadline without relying on an AI-generated date.
   2. Gather the employment contract, relevant policies, dismissal or disciplinary records, grievance documents, key emails, meeting notes, witness details and any evidence that supports or contradicts the allegations.
   3. Redact unnecessary personal data and third-party information, then paste the claim and correspondence into a chatbot with the prompt above, adding the evidence and your factual account in separate sections.
   4. Ask the chatbot to produce the allegation table first, and compare every allegation, name, date and quotation in that table with the original claim.
   5. Use the [CHECK] markers to create a list of disputed facts, missing evidence and legal questions, then fill factual gaps from your records without asking the model to guess.
   6. Send the claim, draft, evidence list and unanswered questions to an employment solicitor or other qualified employment-law professional before submitting anything.
   7. Check the final response against the original tribunal instructions and submit it through the stated channel by the confirmed deadline, keeping proof of submission.

   Prompt

   I need help organising and drafting a response to an employment tribunal claim in the UK. This is not professional advice, so do not decide the legal merits or present your output as a substitute for a solicitor or other qualified employment-law professional.
   
   Use only the information and documents I provide. Invent nothing. If something is missing, contradictory or uncertain, label it clearly and ask a question. Separate:
   1. each allegation in the claim;
   2. my proposed factual response;
   3. the evidence supporting or contradicting that response;
   4. any dates or procedural instructions stated in the tribunal documents;
   5. legal issues that a solicitor should check.
   
   Do not guess deadlines, causes of action, tribunal rules, compensation, or the prospects of success. Quote the relevant wording from the claim or tribunal correspondence when identifying an allegation or deadline. Do not suggest deleting, hiding or altering evidence.
   
   First produce a table with columns for allegation, response, supporting evidence, weaknesses or gaps, and solicitor questions. Then produce a neutral draft response using numbered headings that follow the claim. Put [CHECK] beside every statement that I must verify, every legal proposition, and every missing detail. Finish with a list of documents and facts I still need to gather.
   
   My role: [employer or respondent role]
   Jurisdiction and tribunal location, if stated: [details]
   Key tribunal correspondence: [paste text or attach documents]
   Claim or claim form: [paste text or attach documents]
   My factual account: [paste details]
   Evidence available: [list or paste details]
   Relevant internal policies or contracts: [paste or attach documents]
   Anything disputed or unknown: [details]
   
   Do not include confidential personal data unless it is necessary for the draft, and flag any information that should be redacted before sharing with an AI service.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.