Practice SummarySimon has a varied practice. He mainly acts for police forces in disciplinary cases, inquests, civil actions against the police, employment and judicial review claims. Simon is Head of KBW Police Law Team.
Recommended as a Leading Junior in Legal 500 for Professional Disciplinary Law.
Recent entries include:
“The highly experienced Simon Mallett leads on the disciplinary elements of police tribunals as well as sensitive discrimination cases” [2026]
‘Simon Mallett is sought after for his expertise in police misconduct work’ [2023]
Recommended in Legal 500 as a Leading Junior for Inquests and Inquiries [2024]
“a junior who can cut through the extraneous matters to focus on the key details of a case” [2022]
Simon “has a particular focus representing respondent police forces in employment claims” [2020]
Simon “has established expertise in acting for police force in employment matters involving unfair dismissal and discrimination claims” [2019]
Former LQC for Police Misconduct hearings in North East and Yorkshire and North West:
Now LQP for these regions and the East Midlands Region.
Former Senior Assessor for the College of Policing
Developed Vetting status: the highest level of vetting
Disciplinary Cases:
- Ongoing cases involve instructions from West Yorkshire Police, Northumbria Police and various other Forces.
- Simon is usually instructed in cases involve serious allegations against officers including alleged abuse and violence by an officer against his daughter; allegation of historic rape against a serving officer; allegations of racism against an officer involved in developing community relations; and allegations of sexual assault by an officer in a nightclub.
- Simon frequently acts in cases in the Police Appeals Tribunal, both in cases he has presented and in cases where he is brought in to deal with the appeal.
Past cases Include:
Inquests:
Recent cases include:
Past Cases include:
LQC cases:
Civil Actions against the Police
- Simon is currently instructed in cases for a Force arising from the criminal conviction of an officer for misconduct in a public office, where the officer used his position to have sexual relations with a number of women.
- Currently instructed in cases where there are allegations of wrongful arrest, trespass to persons, breaches of human rights and failures to investigate criminal offences.
- Simon also acts in employer liability cases, having previously been recommended in the Legal 500 as a Leading Junior in personal Injury work
Police Employment work:
- Simon regularly represents Forces in discrimination claims including race and religious discrimination, sex and disability discrimination.
Reported Cases include:
- Hall v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire UKEAT/0057/15/LA
- EAT case on the causal link between disability and unfavourable treatment.
- Windle & Ors v MOJ & West Yorkshire Police [2013]
- Represented WYP in a case to determine whether interpreters used by the Police and the MOJ were employed or were independent contractors.
Judicial review cases:
- Begley v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police: -Concerned the admissibility of breathalyser evidence in disciplinary cases: Police Appeal Tribunal and Judicial Review case.
- Parker v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police: -Concerned the decision not to appoint a police officer following medical evidence.
Recommendations
Chambers and Partners 2027
Simon Mallett is predominantly instructed on police professional discipline matters. His recent cases include disciplinary proceedings, inquests, employment cases and civil actions against police forces.
He is a very good operator with a huge amount of experience in this area. He has an excellent read on the case and gets to the heart of the issue.
He is very good, knowledgeable and reputable.
He is excellent, and I can't sing his praises highly enough. He is very pleasant to work with, very fair and very good with judges. He does a lot of this work and is the best junior I have ever come across.