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What evidence
do I need?

Evidence can be emails, messages, policies, pay records, medical notes and more. What you need depends on the claim — start a checklist early, while you still have access.

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Memory fades. Laptop and email access can end on your last day. Collecting and organising evidence early makes grievance, Acas and tribunal preparation less chaotic — even if you never file a claim.

01

Risk

What usually goes missing first

Day 0

Work email

Often cut on exit

Days

Chat logs

Retention varies

Request

HR files

SAR / disclosure

Weeks

Memory

Chronology fades

Illustrative · based on common Case Hub workflows

Tribunals look at records that help establish what happened, when, and who knew. Modern disputes lean heavily on messages and email; contracts, policies and pay records still carry weight.

01

Mix

What people typically gather

  • Email / letter28%
  • Chat / WhatsApp22%
  • Policy / contract18%
  • Pay / hours14%
  • Medical / OH10%
  • Other8%
02

Checklist

Start with have / need

Often already have

  • Contract / offer letter
  • Dismissal or outcome letter
  • Recent payslips
  • Personal email copies

Often still need

  • Full WhatsApp / Teams export
  • Investigation pack
  • Comparator / policy docs
  • Medical / OH records

Illustrative mix · not a ranking of legal weight

Unpaid wages leans on pay and hours. Discrimination often needs a chronology plus comparators where relevant. Whistleblowing needs the disclosure trail. Matching claim → evidence list beats collecting everything indiscriminately.

Unfair dismissalProcess docs
DiscriminationChronology + comps
Wages / holidayPay & hours
WhistleblowingDisclosure trail
RedundancySelection pack

Case Hub tracks evidence against your case. Intelligence Hub findings show the kinds of documents published tribunal decisions often describe — useful context, not a shopping list for your file.

Case Hub evidence checklistKeep documents, evidence and chronology together as the dispute develops.Open →What evidence tribunals look atGuide covering the kinds of material that often appear in employment disputes.Open →Documents in published decisionsIntelligence Hub finding on what tribunal judgments describe as evidence.Open →Case preparation stageTasks and tips for organising evidence when a claim is heading toward hearing.Open →
  1. 01Account

    Create an account

    Keep evidence with the rest of your case — not scattered across phones and inboxes.

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  2. 02Checklist

    Start an evidence checklist

    Case Hub helps you track what you have, what is missing, and what still needs collecting.

    Evidence

    ✓Dismissal letter
    WhatsApp export
    Payslips (12 mo)
  3. 03Context

    See what tribunals often describe

    Read findings and guides on documents that appear in published decisions — then compare to your claim.

    Intelligence Hub

    Documents judgments describe →

Organising evidence helps you prepare — it is not advice on what will prove a claim

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Capture what you have, note what is missing, and keep it with deadlines and documents in one place.

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Organising evidence helps you prepare. It is not legal advice on what will prove a claim.