Fees for WRC solicitor - 2023?

for the purposes of clarity, could you highlight where you have accepted the apology?

OP unless you can prove that interviews did not take place (& I mean real proof - not just that you weren't invited for one) & that this is in contravention to the policies and procedures, you won't have much of a case I'm afraid with the WRC. The other thing to consider is what do you want the outcome with the WRC to be? The most likely course of action for a case like this is to go through mediation first so you need to have an idea of what you want as an outcome. If it's that you get the promotion, do you think that will be beneficial if people know how you got it? Coz it wouldn't necessarily be on merit. If you want an explanation as to why - well you could approach to get that without going down the WRC route.

Look it sucks to be passed over for promotion but maybe look at why you were as opposed to fighting someone else getting the job. Experience is great but sometimes it comes down to the personality. As someone who has just been hiring, we did go with the less experienced candidate because we thought they'd fit in the team better.

It's not who your friends are that count but influencing and leading involves creating relationships with people. And if you want a role in charge, you need to know how to do both of those things. A team is not going to follow someone that isn't invested in them. I am friends with people in work. They're not my real life friends but work friends. And yes there is a difference. But when you spend a huge amount of time with the same people, you need to be friendly. And I work in a highly professional area but professionalism doesn't have to be at the expense of being friendly.