Direct Access Barrister

Chris Mallon

Direct Access Barrister

Chris Mallon

I specialise in employment (and discrimination) and commercial/business law. I am proud to say I’ve helped upwards of 150+ clients to date including 35+ direct access clients.

Assistance at Tribunal, EAT, County Court, mediation, High Court, Court of Appeal.

***Note - I cover all of England and Wales***

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 and businesses are affected and impacted by legal disputes and always seek a good outcome for my clients.

I have dealt with the full range of employment issues and can give practical insight into how to resolve matters effectively.

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

I can be instructed by employees and employers/businesses, internal counsel, public bodies.

I cover all types of disputes in employment and discrimination law.

Employment: constructive/unfair dismissal, discrimination (age, sex, disability, race, belief, religion and more). Protected disclosure/whistleblowing, unlawful deductions, breach of contract, trade union disputes, health and safety, TUPE, and all areas of employment and discrimination law). Preliminary, interim and final hearings. Case preparation.

Commercial/business: debt, breach of contract, negligence, director disputes, disputes with suppliers, covenants, injunctions).

Area of Law

Business and Corporate

Directors and shareholder disputes, corporate governance, director duties.

Commercial

Breach of contract, negligence, disputes with third parties and suppliers, director and shareholder disputes

Employment and Pensions

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

What sort of work do I do?

What I can do?

- Representation at preliminary hearing, final hearing and case managements.
- Assessing your case prospects
- Employment Tribunals (all types of claim)
- County Court, High Court.
- Interim hearings
- Appeals.
- Reviewing witness statements
- Mediation.

Recent Achievements
- Successful unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal claim - claimant dismissed after 20+ years service. Dismissal unfair as employer had abdicated responsibility for implementing fire safety to claimant.
- Successful age discrimination claim after experienced applicant denied job in favour of younger applicant (June 2026)
- Successful unfair and wrongful dismissal claim - employee dismissed after 24 years when fire safety tasks unfairly delegated to him (June 2026)
- Defended application to strike-out whistleblowing claim (claim allowed to proceed) (June 2026)
- 100% of Schedule of Loss awarded for unlawful deduction case - employer wrongly tried to claw back commission payments (May 2026)
- £31,000 for employee who was “left behind” when his work transferred to new employer under TUPE (January 2026)
- 7 claims dismissed avoiding 2 week hearing after successful argument that court did not have territorial jurisdiction.

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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