Settlement agreement

Yes I already have my acas certificate. My solicitor said that a settlement agreement means you can’t go to a tribunal . I said it not valid because he just me to sign it with out tell8n* me I need to get legal advice . May be taking advantage of m6 good nature

Why not contact ACAS for advice? I belive you have to anyway as part of the process of going to tribunal?

Looks like I can go to a tribunal then 

ACAS seems to agree with you. I found this on their webite

"What are the legal requirements involved in drawing up a settlement agreement?
For a settlement agreement to be valid in waiving an individual’s right to bring a complaint or complaints before an employment tribunal or other court, all of the following conditions must be met:
A. The agreement must be in writing
B. The agreement must relate to a particular complaint or proceedings
C. The employee must have received advice from a relevant independent adviser on the terms and effect of the proposed agreement and its effect on the employee’s ability to pursue that complaint or proceedings before an employment tribunal or other court
D. The independent adviser must have a current contract of insurance or professional indemnity insurance covering the risk of a claim by the employee in respect of loss arising from that advice
E. The agreement must identify the adviser
F. The agreement must state that the statutory provisions which set out the above conditions regulating the validity of the settlement agreement have been satisfied."

https://www.acas.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/settlement-agreements.pdf

Of course tomlin orders are a difrent sort of setelment agreemenent.

The 1996 employment act states they are not valid is the employee did not have legal advice before signing  as bunny says in acas post and overwhelmed in acas note 

I'm not a lawyer so can not advise you well on this. I can say I have signed a settelment agreement (not in employment, a tomlin order) and my reserch sugests it's almost imposible to have courts set them aside unless one party has acted fraudulently.

We’re not allowed to offer legal advice here. You might find this ACAS guidance helpful:

“For a settlement agreement that waives an individual's right to bring legal proceedings to be valid, certain legal conditions must be met. As Box 3 shows, the employee must receive independent advice from a relevant adviser. There may be a cost involved in obtaining such advice and employers may wish to offer to pay any such fee, or a contribution towards it, in the interests of ensuring that the employee gets the necessary advice.“

https://www.acas.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/settlement-agreements.pdf

ACAS - Settlement agreement guidance and templates