Where, in breach of existing contracts between employers and employees, the officials of a branch of a trade union brought about a strike contrary to the rules and regulations of the trade union as a whole, held that the latter was not liable in damages to the employers for the wrongful actings of the officials of the branch.
The central council of a trade union, in contravention of the rules and regulations of the union, granted strike pay to miners out on strike.
Held that the employers of the miners had no title to sue the trade union for damages, the wrong committed by the central council being one committed against its own members in dissipating their funds, and not against the employer, who had no interest in the funds
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Lords Macnaghten, James of Hereford, Davey, Robertson, and Atkinson
Citations:
[1906] UKHL 596
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Contract, Employment
Updated: 26 May 2022; Ref: scu.625460
