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 claimant is a firefighter who was employed by the first respondent. The second respondent was the Assistant Chief Fire Officer. The issue in this case arose on foot of the claimant’s resignation in August 2012 which he then regretted and as a result he contacted the second respondent seeking assistance. The first respondent then required the second respondent to consider the request to withdraw the resignation. The second respondent, advised that the request should not be acceded to and the claimant was informed of this on 31st August 2012. After demonstrating his unhappiness, the claimant was later offered employment again with the first respondent. This was taken up on 31st December 2012.
He accepted this position, yet the
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