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 is a black Spanish National who was originally from Guinea-Bissau. The first respondent is a recruitment agency who the claimant had engaged with in relation to ‘process operative’ jobs. The second respondent is an Account Co-ordinator for Greiner Packaging and had worked in the Industrial Temps offices in her role overseeing recruitment, registration, testing and inducting workers into Greiner Packaging and Linden Food.
The issue arose when the claimant registered through Facebook with Industrial Temps looking for work in Greiner Packaging. There was some confusion at first instance with the claimant believing that she would be meeting the second respondent at the Industrial Temps office in Portadown, but it was actually supposed to be at Greiner
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