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.
The claimant started working for the respondent originally as a Kitchen Supervisor in September 2017. She resigned on 13th September 2019. The claimant went on a period of maternity leave returning in May 2019. On her return, there was a requirement for a finance role to be covered so she was asked to take on that role for approximately 15 hours per week with that increasing to 30 hours per week.
The School was subject to an OFSTED which found that the school required improvement. This required greater oversight of the financial duties and the financial role in the school was being expanded. The post for this expanded role was not advertised yet the claimant was
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