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 as a security guard from 2016. The contract of employment expressly had a flexibility clause citing the needs of the business. The claimant has a young daughter and this is relevant to these proceedings considering there was a difficulty custody battle and at the end of that the claimant had full custody of his daughter.
The issue arising related to the claimant’s availability for work and his flexibility. The Tribunal outlined a series of months were no or a very limited number of shifts. There were other months in which the claimant had to be chased for his availability. The claimant stated in June 2022 that he could only
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