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 was a sports coach and had undertaken work with the respondent in coaching hockey. This had been from 2010 until it came to an end in 2018. The claimant alleged that he was unfairly dismissed in 2018, yet the respondent argued that Northern Ireland was not the correct jurisdiction and, even if it was, the claimant was not an employee - therefore could not avail of the right of unfair dismissal within the Employment Rights (NI) Order 1996.
The issue with jurisdiction largely arose on the basis that there was a lack of any contemporaneous of written documentation that formalised the relationship between the parties. Therefore, it was not fully known the extent to which the
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