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 worked as a staff nurse with the respondent at the State Hospital, Carstairs from 1994 until his dismissal on 4th February 2019. The respondent is a special health board which runs high security hospitals in the UK. The claimant worked on ‘Iona 2’ ward which is for intellectually disabled patients.
On 5th March 2018 there was an incident with Patient B who was not permitted to return to his room as he requested. This led to the claimant and another being assaulted. The patient was put into seclusion but it was ended later that day. The claimant and other staff members, were dissatisfied with this decision especially considering that the patient had assaulted nursing
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