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, a qualified solicitor and barrister in Nigeria, worked for the respondent as a senior lecturer in business and law. The claimant began working for the respondent in 2013 and one of the issues in this case was the effect that a ‘new contract’ had in March 2016 which purported to change the claimant’s status from an employee to a self-employed consultant. The Tribunal, at first instance, held that the contract did not change the legal nature of the employment relationship but rather was drawn up to resolve an ongoing dispute as to pay and payslips that the claimant had raised.
The index issue in the case arose from protected disclosures the claimant made to the respondent’s Principal
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