A professional victim who launched ‘countless’ employment tribunal claims has finally been stopped – after being exposed by the Daily Mail.
Christian Mallon made seeking compensation ‘his chosen career’, according to a judge, firing off more than 4,600 often hopeless job applications, not to secure employment but so he could cry discrimination, often involving his ADHD and autism disabilities, ‘no matter how weak his application’.
Yet only now, after the Daily Mail reported on his Artificial Intelligence-aided campaign, has the Attorney General banned him from launching fresh ‘vexatious’ employment tribunal claims.
A Restriction of Proceedings Order is now in force against him, meaning he is banned from initiating claims.
His groundless cases, ‘on almost an industrial scale’, have forced scores of firms to waste thousands in legal costs. Yet action was only taken after a series of Daily Mail exposes in 2024.
In November Attorney General Lord Hermer secured an order against Mr Mallon, 51, of Cannock, Staffordshire. It comes despite the Government widening access to Employment Tribunals.
Agreeing to the Attorney General’s application, Employment Appeal Tribunal judge Sir Martin Griffiths ruled Mr Mallon had made ‘countless unsuccessful discrimination claims against potential employers’.
Christian Mallon (pictured) has been banned by the Attorney General from launching fresh ‘vexatious’ employment tribunal claims
Since 2017, Mr Mallon (pictured) has launched cases against employers including the Cabinet Office, the Department for Business, Rolls Royce, Honda and Aston University
Mr Mallon (pictured) has submitted more than 4,600 job applications, not to secure employment but so he could cry discrimination
The indefinite order meant a final four claims Mr Mallon started against Ernst and Young accountants and Baxi Heating boiler suppliers last June, as well as the National Nuclear Laboratory and the West Midlands Growth Company in July, were stopped dead.
Since 2017 Mr Mallon launched cases against employers including the Cabinet Office, the Department for Business, Rolls Royce, Honda and Aston University.
He also applied to be a minister’s chief adviser at the Northern Irish Department of Agriculture, which would have seen him in charge of 900 staff and a £335million budget.
Upon rejection, Mr Mallon – who has a PhD in chemical engineering – would file a claim. His basis was usually for ‘disability discrimination’, saying employers ‘failed to make reasonable adjustments’, such as offering an oral interview, for his ‘dyspraxia, autism and ADHD’.
He also claimed age, race and religious belief discrimination, as well as harassment.
Judge Griffiths said Mr Mallon’s right to justice was not impaired by the ban as he can apply to the Employment Tribunal’s appeal tier to bring cases, if ‘reasonable’.
The father-of-one, who represented himself, told the Royal Courts of Justice he believes he made between 60 and 70 claims and blamed judgments against him on people ‘who do not fully understand neurodiversity’.
Mr Mallon – who won just one case and has reportedly been paid tens of thousands of pounds in settlements – did not respond to a request for comment.