Two trade union disputed the right of the other to be registered with and to use a similar name to their own. There had been considerable delays in the conduct of the judicial review proceeding.
Held: The Board upheld the trial judge’s refusal to grant judicial review of the unlawful registration of a trade union in part because of the delay by the rival union in challenging it.
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe observed that conclusive evidence provisions (there was one akin to section 10 of the 1965 Act here) ‘are often included in legislation relating to official registers, because such registers cannot serve their purpose unless members of the public can safely rely on them’
Judges:
Lord Hope, Lord Rodger, Lord Walker, Lord Brown, Lord Clarke
Citations:
[2011] UKPC 4
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Adamson and Others v Paddico (267) Ltd SC 5-Feb-2014
Land had been registered as a town or village green but wrongly so. The claimant had sought rectification, but the respondents argued that the long time elapsed after registration should defeat the request.
Held: The appeal were solely as to . .
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Updated: 02 September 2022; Ref: scu.429745