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.
University professor had been unlawfully discriminated against and unfairly dismissed due to his philosophical beliefs relating to Zionism.
The claimant was a professor of political sociology at the respondent University. The claimant held anti-Zionist views and had expressed criticisms of the state of Israel. He gave a lecture in which he stated that the Zionist movement was one of the five pillars driving islamophobia in the United Kingdom. There were also other statements made against Zionism. This led to a disciplinary process being opened up by the University and eventually led to the claimant being dismissed for gross misconduct.
The claimant claimed that it was unfair dismissal but also that he had suffered direct discrimination based upon his
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