'Habitual & persistent' | Man banned from tribunals service after making 40+ 'vexatious' claims against firms

A man has been banned from using the employment tribunals service after he was found to have made more than 40 unsubstantiated claims against firms that rejected his job applications.

The tribunal service is a way for workers to challenge any workplace decisions they feel are unfair or discriminatory, covering a myriad of protected characteristics such as race, gender, disability and age.

Most workers will be fortunate to never have to pursue legal action against an employer. However, one man felt so aggrieved by a string of job application rejections that he tried to launch legal proceedings on a bizarrely regular basis.

David Taheri was found to have used the tribunal appeal process on a “habitual and persistent basis” between 2012 and 2020, submitting a total of 43 claims.