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 EAT upheld the strike out of the claimant’s claims, finding his persistent failure to comply with Tribunal directions made a fair trial impossible and rendered his conduct vexatious.
Background:
The claimant worked as a customer assistant for the respondent from 2008 until 2018. The claimant asserted that he was dismissed when he was shopping in the store and had an altercation with a store manager resulting in the claimant being arrested by the police. The claimant commenced his claim for unfair dismissal, race discrimination, disability discrimination and other related claims. The Tribunal outlined that some complaints were clear whereas others were not.
The difficulties arose during the preliminary hearings when the claimant sought to add a range
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