The members of a voluntary trade protection society became such by election, and paid an annual subscription, in return for which they were entitled to legal assistance for the purposes of their trade and to some other benefits. By the rules the members incurred no obligation beyond the payment of their subscriptions. The rules contained no provision as to the retirement or expulsion of members.
Held: That a member was entitled to retire at any time without any consent of the other members ; that on the receipt by the society of a letter from a member stating his wish to retire he at once ceased to be a member, without the necessity of the acceptance by the society of his resignation ; that he could not before acceptance withdraw his resignation; and that he could not become a member again without re-election.
[1896] UKLawRpCh 11, (1896) 1 Ch 409
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England and Wales
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Cited – Re Sick and Funeral Society of St John’s Sunday School Golcar ChD 1972
The rules of a club are essentially contractual in nature.
A member may resign his membership unilaterally and his resignation will be effective if he has sufficiently manifested his decision to cease to be a member: ‘ . . It seems to me that . .
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Updated: 23 December 2021; Ref: scu.670681