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 part-time Sales Assistant from September 2013. The claimant was initially dismissed for alleged gross misconduct in January 2019. The main issue of the case was the effect of an internal appeal.
The respondent, in its disciplinary policy, states:
‘Colleagues have the right to appeal at each stage within five working days of receipt of the letter confirming the disciplinary sanction…The decision of the appeal hearing is final.
The claimant emailed in early February 2019 stating that she wished to be reinstated back into her position before the alleged incident took place. The respondent took this to be an appeal of the decision originally made. As a result, an appeal hearing was
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