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 claimants were employed by teachers at a community secondary school (referred to in the judgment as School 1). There was a reorganisation of the local education provision and School 1 was closed and it was replaced with School 2 (at the same location). A temporary governing structure for the new school was established to determine staffing structure. This led to all employment contracts being terminated vis-à-vis School 1. This led to those staff, the claimants, having to apply for jobs and go through an interview process. The corollary being that unsuccessful candidates would be made redundant.
The claimants were unsuccessful and were made redundant. The issue was that they claimed there were not given an opportunity to
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