Direct Access Barrister

Chris Mallon

I practice primarily in the field of employment law. About 90% of my work is cases for the employee and the rest are defending cases for the employer. I work with many national Unions and have helped in excess of 150+ employees with tribunal claims and disputes with their employer.

I worked in various industries and roles for 15 years before qualifying as a barrister. I have worked in recruitment and HR, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, private education and I was a law lecturer for a few years. Therefore, I understand how employees are affected and impacted in work and I understand how business operates.

My main focus is on:

(a) being responsive
(b) making sure you feel supported and understand your case/dispute and
(c) achieving a fair outcome.

I have a flexible approach to payment. Often, we can structure work into several stages to make the payments affordable/flexible.

Employment: unfair dismissal, disability discrimination, age, race, sex, equal pay. TUPE. Breach of contract or unlawful deduction, whistleblowing, trade union detriment, health and safety detriment, constructive dismissal. I cover all types of disputes in employment and discrimination law.

Area of Law

Employment and Pensions

Tribunal, County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal. Mediation.

What sort of work do I do?

Representation at hearing or mediation
Drafting claims and case documents
Assessing your case prospects and giving next steps and plan forward
Negotiating with other side
Consultations with you
Employment Tribunals (unfair dismissal, discrimination (disability, sex, religious and political belief, age), victimisation, harassment, TUPE, equal pay, breach of contract, trade union detriment, whistleblowing/protected disclosure, constructive dismissal, automatically unfair dismissals, interim hearings, preliminary hearings, final hearings, and judicial mediation)
Appeals to the EAT, High Court or Court of Appeal
Civil claims in County Court and High Court (slips and falls, claims against employers, defending claims brought by employees, stress at work, bullying)

Key Achievements

- Six figure settlement in reasonable adjustments case. Employee was managed out of organisation after a brain injury.
- £31,000 for employee who was “left behind” when his work transferred to new employer under TUPE.
- Five figure settlement for Claimant who had to use WhatsApp group to gain access to work as no accessible doors.
- Successfully defended 15 applications to extend time to bring holiday claims.
- Five figure award for nurse who was subject to referral to regulator with little evidence in race discrimination claim

Who do I work for?

Public access clients. National unions in the transport, arts, nursing and teaching verticals. Employees. Employers. Public bodies. Direct access clients. Small, medium and large companies, in house counsel.

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