Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 200 (Dec)
Neutral Citation: [2011] EWHC 3506 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge: Eder J
Representation Bruce Carr QC and Paul Gott (instructed by Eversheds LLP) for the claimant.
  Oliver Segal QC and Ben Cooper (instructed by Thompsons Solicitors LLP) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 22 December 2011

Catchwords

Trade dispute - Acts done in contemplation or furtherance of trade dispute - Ballot before industrial action - Industrial action authorised or endorsed by ballot - Claimant applying for interim injunction restraining defendant trade union from calling its employees to take strike action - Whether interim injunction should be granted - .

The Case

Trade dispute Acts done in contemplation or furtherance of trade dispute. The Queen's Bench Division, in dismissing an application for an interim injunction to restrain the defendant trade union's members from taking industrial action on Boxing Day, held that, in the circumstances, the ballot had been properly held and had not been in breach of s227 of the .

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