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 began working for the respondent in 2019. His contract was terminated, with notice, in 2020. He brought claims alleging that his manager behaved in a way to ‘frustrate’ his work and forced him to leave before making a reason up to have his contract terminated. The claimant represented himself. The claimant alleged that he had raised concerns through the whistleblowing team. The issue arising relating to this appeal was the procedural aspects at the Employment Tribunal.
A Preliminary Case Management Hearing was arranged to take place by telephone in September 2020. The parties provided their agendas for the hearing with the respondent stating that legal basis was required for the claims. They stated that depending
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