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.
Both of the claimants are employed by the Road Service which is part of the respondent. At first there was a procedural issue on the basis that the second claimant had not signed his ET1 form; instead it was signed by the first claimant on his behalf. The Respondent sought to have that claim struck out. However, the Tribunal found that the two cases were identical and that their grievance had been taken jointly by the respondent, the LRA dealt with both cases simultaneously and there would be no disadvantage to the respondent in allowing the cases to proceed simultaneously.
In 2018, the two claimants successfully applied to be included in the Emergency Response Controller role. This role
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