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 doctor, started employment with the respondent as a health and disabilities assessor of benefits claimants. This required face-to-face assessment with claimants and a report to be subsequently written up. During induction, the claimant made it clear he had religious beliefs such that he could not agree to use the preferred pronouns as required by the respondent’s policies.
The respondent decided the claimant could not be moved into a non-customer facing role as that would require 12 months’ experience. Similarly, it would not be possible to have the claimant only examining non-transgender customers as it would not be possible to decide who is and who is not transgender before the assessment. The claimant subsequently left the employment
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