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 in this case was the Attorney General who was using her power under Section 33 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 to make a restrictions of proceedings order against the respondent. In Northern Ireland such applications are dealt with under Regulation 99 of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (NI) 2020.
The background of this case was that the respondent had commenced over 40 claims in the Employment Tribunal over a ten-year period. All of the claims had similar backgrounds in that they were brought against employers to whom the respondent had applied for employment with and for which he was unsuccessful. Most of these claims were withdrawn
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