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.
Unfair dismissal claim was successful when the investigation was just recounting the evidence rather than testing it and the Claimant did not have precise details on the allegations against him.
The Claimant, at the time of his dismissal, was employed as the Thames Commander of the Chiswick Lifeboat. He started with the Respondent in 1986 as a volunteer crew member and became employed in 2001.
The issue leading to the dismissal was based upon alleged comments made by the Claimant including a reference to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, being a terrorist as well as some sexualised comments made relating to other colleagues. Three individuals had raised concerns through the anonymous whistleblowing process within the Respondent.
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