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’s claim was struck out by the Tribunal on foot of the claimant failing to comply with an unless order requiring his witness statement to be served on the Tribunal and the Respondent. The claimant made an application requesting the strike out to be set aside.
The claimant had brought a claim for unfair dismissal and sex discrimination. The unfair dismissal claim was already struck out as the claimant did not have the requisite one years’ service. There were issues throughout the Case Management Preliminary Hearings. This initially began with the claimant being aggressive in one preliminary hearing, followed by a no-show, but did lead to a hearing date and a
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