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.
Background:
The claimant was employed by the respondent as a Professor from August 2016 until December 2021. The issue leading to the case arose from the claimant’s gender critical beliefs. The claimant asserts that she was subject to discrimination and harassment as a result of those beliefs and that she was not supported leading to resignation and a claim for constructive unfair dismissal.
The claimant established the Gender Critical Research Network at the respondent which was a research group focusing on the importance of sexed bodies in different disciplines. The claimant was met with a hostile campaign calling for the research group to be disaffiliated from the respondent. Some of the allegations were baseless such
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