Direct Access Barrister
Chris Mallon
Direct Access Barrister
Chris Mallon
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 employers are affected and impacted in work and I understand how business operates.
I have dealt with the full range of employment issues and can give practical insight into how to resolve matters effectively.
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?
What I can do?
- Representation at preliminary hearing, final hearing and case managements.
- Assessing your case prospects and giving next steps and plan forward
- Employment Tribunals (unfair dismissal, discrimination (disability, sex, religious and political belief, age)), victimisation, harassment, TUPE, equal pay, breach of contract, trade union detriment, unlawful deductions, whistleblowing/protected disclosure, constructive dismissal, automatically unfair dismissals)
- Interim hearings
- Appeals.
- Drafting ET1 and ET3
- Reviewing witness statements
Recent Achievements
- Defended application to strike-out whistleblowing claim (claim allowed to proceed) (June 2026)
- Six-figure settlement in reasonable adjustments case. Employee was managed out of organisation after a brain injury (May 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 (April 2026)
- Five figure settlement for Claimant who had to use WhatsApp group to gain access to work as no accessible doors (April 2026)
- 7 claims dismissed avoiding 2 week hearing after successful argument that court did not have jurisdiction to hear race discrimination claims (April 2026)
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.