Jason Elliott was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2013 and is the Associate Head of School of Law at Ulster University. As a practising barrister, he has developed a largely civil practice representing individuals, companies and public bodies in litigation. This covers a wide range of areas including personal injuries, wills and employment law. In terms of employment law, he has represented both applicants and respondents in the Industrial Tribunal. At Ulster University, Jason lectures extensively on the civil areas of practise such as Equity and Trusts and delivers employment law lectures for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Background:
The claimant, an au pair, was connected with the third respondent through a website (aupair.com). This allowed for a placement contract to be generated which stated that the respondent had a family of three, two adults (one being an adult son) and a boy aged 17. This was false as the ‘boy’ was 18 at the time. The benefit for the claimant was that she could take language classes. She would be paid £400 ‘pocket money’ per month and to assist the language lessons she could only work a maximum of 20 hours per week. The claimant arrived from Argentina and undertook this work. As an Italian-Argentinian citizen she was able to apply
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