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 worked for the respondent since 1991. She continues to be employed by the respondent as a Learning and Development Officer. She was born in 1950 and was 66/67 at the time of the matters complained of.
Between 2013 and 2016 the claimant was employed as the Respondent’s Education Business Manager on a managerial grade (Band 8A). The issue arose with the respondent’s ‘Talent Pool’ that had been established. The respondent had a provision, criterion or practice of only promoting managerial staff who were in that Talent Pool. The claimant’s case was that she was being indirectly discriminated against on the basis of age as a result of not being part of the Talent Pool.
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