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 allowed an appeal against a finding that the claimant should not be anonymised. This was on the basis that the claimant’s child was anonymised as part of the proceedings and that without the claimant’s anonymisation others could identify the child through jigsaw identification.
The claimant was practising as a barrister and also sitting as a part-time Deputy District Judge. Her claim relates to a decision of a particular set of chambers to decline her application for tenancy. At the time, the claimant was using one surname in her personal life and another in her professional life. The claims related to sex discrimination and disability discrimination by association. In particular, the disability discrimination by associated
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