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.
This was a preliminary hearing on whether correspondence between the parties should be regarded as inadmissible due to the ‘without prejudice rule’. The claimant was employed by the respondent, a small technology company, as the Human Resources and Recruitment Co-Ordinator. After some family issues, an external Managing Director was appointed in 2019 and this is when the claimant alleges that there was maltreatment leading to sickness and never returning to work. When the claimant was off work, the external Managing Director was removed and the family members were reinstated.
The issue arose from a letter from the family director, Michael Breach, to the claimant in June 2019. This responded to the grievance issued and Mr Breach agreed that
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