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 was a teacher and had been employed by the respondent for 20 years. He had an unblemished record in that employment. On 30th December 2016 the Police entered his property (where he lived with his son) whereupon they seized his computers. Three computers were taken, and one was found to have data that was of interest to the Police. The data in question related to intelligence that there were indecent images of a child/children that had been downloaded.
Shortly after the ‘raid’ the claimant was due to return to this teaching duties. He did not appear, and enquiries were made. He met with the head teacher and advised that there was a police enquiry relating
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