Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 166 (Aug)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Ramsey J
Representation Bruce Carr (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the claimant.
  John Hand QC (instructed by Lees Lloyd Whitley Solicitors) for the defendant
Judgment Dates: 29 August 2007

Catchwords

Injunction - Breach of contract - Collective agreement - Claimant and defendant being parties to collective agreement forbidding industrial action - Defendant commencing industrial action following dispute over pay - Claimant seeking injunction - Whether injunction to be granted.

The Case

Injunction Breach of contract. An injunction was granted against the defendant to restrain industrial action, which had been taken in breach of a collective agreement between the claimant and the defendant, following a dispute with the claimant over pay. It was clear in all the circumstances that it was an appropriate case in which the administration of the prison service, as part of the administration of justice, required the grant of the injunction.

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