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.
Appeal allowed where the Tribunal had failed to address one of the many claims that had been made by the claimant. The claimant had a right for it to be addressed and so the case was remitted.
The claimant worked with the respondent from 1999 – from 2014 she worked as Surgical Site Surveillance Nurse until her dismissal by way of redundancy in January 2021. The claimant brought a series of claims relating to disability discrimination, protected disclosure detriment and unfair dismissal. These were initially dismissed by the Tribunal and the claimant appealed to the EAT.
The issue raised by the claimant was that despite the Tribunal having to consider a whole range of claims and complaints
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