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 employed as a Customer Insight Analyst for the respondent from January 2019 until December 2020. The claimant is of Eastern European descent and his nationality is Polish.
One of the issues arising relates to the interactions that the claimant had with another colleague. Although not in the same team, they still spent considerable time together both in work and socially. This included a range of messages on work and personal phones. Some of the comments related to videos relating to ‘Ali G’ including ‘Borat’. The claimant, in response to those messages, said that Sacha Baron Cohen was a ‘legend’ and found Borat to be ‘amusing’. There are many references to ‘gypsy’ made
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