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 is an African Arab and having been trained in Northern Ireland he worked for the health service and had been a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology since 2006. The claimant unsuccessfully applied for locum posts with the respondent on two occasions in 2009. The claimant stated that in 2009 he was told that the respondent tended not to employ overseas doctors for permanent consultant jobs and that overseas doctors were there to fill gaps.
The claimant unsuccessfully applied on six occasions for permanent roles since then. In 2020 a new role was created at the South West Acute Hospital. It was seeking a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and was to coordinate the training of junior
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