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 EAT held that although the Tribunal’s findings on mitigation could not be criticised, it erred in refusing to reconsider the claimant’s evidence on injury to feelings given her disability, and remitted the case for reconsideration.
The claimant, an individual who had dyslexia-related learning disabilities, was successful in her case for constructive dismissal and discrimination claims against the respondent. The issue arising relates to the remedy hearing.
The Tribunal ordered the claimant to prepare and serve a schedule of loss, evidence of mitigation of loss and evidence of her injury to feelings in relation to the discrimination claims (based upon both disability and race). The claimant outlined that she had registered with recruitment agencies before then starting a
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