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 started working for the respondent as an administrative assistant in June 2015. The claimant never received a written contract of employment, nor did she receive any training about the grievance procedures. The second respondent was employed by the first respondent and was part of the extended family of the ownership of the company.
The issues leading to the case arose from complaints against the second named respondent and how he interacted with the claimant. It was alleged that the second respondent referred to the claimant as ‘Big Tits’ to her face as well as saving her as that in his telephone contact list. The claimant raised a complaint about this during a performance review in September 2016.
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