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 EAT remitted the case to assess whether the claimant should have taken steps to meet the three-month time limit, noting the strict limit can cause injustice and may need reform.
The claimant had been summarily dismissed for gross misconduct but he disputed the respondent’s version of events and embarked upon an internal appeals process. The drawn-out appeals process which took longer than three months was due to the fact that no letter of dismissal had been sent to the claimant and it was only two months after dismissal that it was requested by the claimant.
The internal appeal was unsuccessful for the claimant and it was after this that he made further enquiries about his dismissal, but
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