CORY LIGHTERAGE LTD. v. TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS' UNION AND OTHERS

April 17, 1973 Industrial Relations - "Industrial dispute" - New definition not covering dispute between workmen and workmen - Lighterman deliberately allowing trade union membership to lapse - Union endorsing fellow workers' refusal to work with lapsed member - Employers warned of wi...

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Published in:Managerial law 1973-08, Vol.14 (5), p.479-498
Main Authors: Denning, Buckley, L.J, Orr, L.J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:April 17, 1973 Industrial Relations - "Industrial dispute" - New definition not covering dispute between workmen and workmen - Lighterman deliberately allowing trade union membership to lapse - Union endorsing fellow workers' refusal to work with lapsed member - Employers warned of withdrawal of all labour if non-unionist kept in employment - Employers acquiescing in union policy by sending non-unionist off work on full pay - Whether warnings to employers "in contemplation or furtherance of an industrial dispute" where no dispute between employers and workers - Whether employers entitled to bring proceedings in tort in High Court if no industrial dispute giving immunity to alleged unlawful threats by union - Whether interlocutory injunction before trial of action appropriate on balance of convenience - Industrial Relations Act, 1971 (c.72), ss. 5(2), 33(3), 132(1), 167(1).
ISSN:0309-0558
1758-8014
DOI:10.1108/eb022233