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.
Background:
The claimant is employed as an individual conciliator by the respondent. His race is white and the race of his wife and children is black. The issue pertaining to this preliminary hearing was related to his belief. There were two beliefs for the Tribunal to adjudicate upon.
The first was his belief relating to race in which he stated the ‘woke’ approach to racism is misconceived in that its belief in structural racism is divisive because it tends to see white people as a problem that can result in separatism, segregation and ethnocentrism. Instead, he stated he preferred the approach of Martin Luther King in which people are judged by the content of their
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