The purported expulsion of Mrs Young from the Ladies’ Imperial Club was invalid for two reasons. First, one member of the executive committee had not been given notice of the meeting, even though she would not have attended it. Second, the notice of the meeting did not adequately disclose what business would be transacted.
Lord Sterndale MR said that the first of these reasons of itself invalidated the meeting
Warrington LJ said that the first was ‘the more important defect’: ‘It seems to me of great importance that rules which have been made for the purpose of regulating the proceedings of the committee in respect of such a matter ought to be strictly adhered to.’
Judges:
Lord Sterndale MR, Warrington LJ
Citations:
[1920] 2 KB 523
Cited by:
Cited – Speechley and Others v Allott and Others CA 10-Mar-2014
The parties disputed the management of a social club. The club owned a bowling green, and bowling members sought to restrain its closure. The appellants now said that the court should not have found at first instance that a meeting had validly . .
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Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.551301