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.
Failure to make reasonable adjustments when wellness and disciplinary meetings were rescheduled to a time when the claimant’s Advocacy Support Worker was not available.
The claimant worked for the respondent as a Customer Assistant from 1st August 2013. The claimant is a disabled person by reason of Autism, Dyspraxia and Anxiety. The employment was without incident until 2018 when the claimant had difficulties with a colleague and made complaints of bullying. The complaint was not upheld but it was agreed that an ‘adjustment passport’ should be completed to support the claimant.
As part of the review into the claimant’s work it was found that as a result of the dyspraxia the claimant had to work as twice
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