Thanks Direct Devil and Palerider for your comments. Preluder - I don't have the time to sit in the WRC for three days. I thought it would be over in done with in two hours max. A solicitor offered to represent me, but when I looked at the barrister he was going to use - she was a criminal law barrister - and the fee was going to be 3k. I know the case very well, and have been researching it for months. Had to postpone the WRC due to ill-health, so have had a lot of time to look over things. It's an appeal re fair procedures not being in place - they weren't at all! So, apparently the decision of the WRC is not binding - it's under the Industrial Relations Act - this means that I can be awarded money, but it's not binding on the other side to pay me. It's also not binding if I go to Labour Court, but for me my reputation and my reference going forward matters. If I'm not successful at WRC - and I don't suspect I will. A friend who went to WRC with her Union Rep about two years ago, felt she wasn't listened to at all, and that she was just really being laughed at by the other side, and felt also, rightly or wrongly, that the members of the other side, knew the adjudicator outside of the WRC context. As Ireland is so small, this is entirely possible, so I don't think she was being paranoid. If it doesn't go well for me, I think I will have to take it down the Court route, but I need to exhaust every non-expensive avenue first. Re notetakers - if I have to speak and take my own notes, I will certainly be there for a least a day! Thanks again.