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 began work for the respondent in 2016 as an electronics assembly technician, following retirement from another role with the aim of ‘getting him out of the house’. The duties included those of electronics assembly, but it was expected that there would be some other duties to fit into the needs of the business. There was never any mention of any disability when he began working and there was no reason that the respondent would be aware of any disability for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
The company was regarded by the Tribunal as being ‘small’ with an expectation that all employees, including the directors, would engage in maintenance, gardening or building work from time-to-time.
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