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.
Unfair dismissal finding was overturned and remitted back to the Tribunal when it was not clear what the factual reasoning was for the dismissal so it could not be assessed across the fair reasons for a dismissal in the legislation.
The claimant was a firefighter. He was dismissed in November 2018 after 25 years’ continuous service. The issue arose following a video being uploaded to YouTube which showed the claimant’s former partner in bed and apparently under the influence of drugs. The caption referred to the former partner’s job as a midwife. This was brought to the former partner’s attention in her workplace and she identified the claimant was the person who had taken and uploaded the
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