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.
he claimant worked as a care assistant in the respondent nursing home. The issue arising relates to the roll-out of the vaccination programme in December 2020 to combat coronavirus. The nursing home itself had been hit with an outbreak in which 33 staff, including the claimant, were infected. There were also 22 residents infected which did sadly lead to some deaths.
The employees of the respondent nursing home were invited to their vaccinations in January 2021. The respondent made it a condition of continued employment that employees would have to be vaccinated. The claimant only became aware of this the day before her vaccination was due. On that day, she telephoned one of the directors of
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