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 from November 2017 until October 2020 as a crane driver. The claimant was 66 at the time of termination (his state retirement age) and he turned 66 during the redundancy process which was run by the respondent.
The respondent decided that redundancies were required following a downturn in work due to the Covid pandemic. The process started with a voluntary redundancy exercise of which eight volunteers came forward with four approved and four rejected. Of the four rejected two were crane drivers – the crane drivers were all put into a pool and a selection matrix applied. The two rejected for voluntary redundancy was due to their experience as
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