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 upheld a finding of discrimination where disabled police officers’ redundancy payments were capped due to their access to deferred pensions, ruling this was unfavourable treatment not justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
The claimants were police officers who had been recognised as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in Northern Ireland). As a result of this recognition, they had ‘H1 Certificates’ which allowed them access to a ‘deferred pension’ when they were leaving the police. However, the two claimants decided to leave the police under a voluntary redundancy scheme that had been established which gave lump sums which would have been 21 months for the first
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