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 is a Spanish national and began working for the respondent as a Class 2 HGV Driver in December 2016. This was initially as an agent worker, but he then worked full time between March and May 2017 and then from June 2017 until the relationship ended on 4th May 2018. This was one of the issues as the respondent suggesting that he had ended his contract in May 2017 and a new one commenced in June 2017 (as the claimant had started and stopped a new job in the intervening period). The claimant believed that his contract had never been terminated.
A number of issues arose within the employment. It is not possible to go through
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