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 that the claimant’s dismissal was procedurally unfair due to bias in the disciplinary panel but remitted the costs order for reconsideration, emphasising that tribunals must assess reasonableness from the claimant’s perspective.
The claimant, who was employed as an internal auditor for more than four years by the respondent was dismissed by reason of an irretrievable breakdown of trust and working relationship. This arose as a result of the claimant seeking flexible working arrangements which were regarded as having an operational impact on the business as a whole. During the claimant’s employment, she had stated her inability to trust her line manager, Mr Hammond, due to the issues with the flexible working arrangements.
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