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 was employed by the respondent, a private equity firm, as Head of Acquisitions. He was employed from September 2017 until he was dismissed on the grounds of redundancy in October 2020. He had brought a claim outlining that he had been automatically unfairly dismissed based upon protected disclosures that he had made. The disclosures related to sexist, racist and homophobic language as well as purported breaches of fiduciary duty and fraud by the respondent.
The issue that came before the EAT here was the interim relief application brought by the claimant. The respondent argued that the interim hearing should be conducted in private to restrict the public disclosure of the proceedings. This was grounded by
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