HEATONS TRANSPORT (ST. HELENS) LTD. v. TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS' UNION CRADDOCK BROTHERS v. SAME PANALPINA SERVICES LTD. PANALPINA (NORTHERN) LTD. v. SAME

Abstract

July 26, 1972 Industrial Relations — Unregistered trade union — Shop stewards — “Blacking” container lorries — Court orders on union to stop such action — Union advice to obey court orders unheeded — Whether implied authority from union for conduct of shop stewards as its agents — Whether agents' conduct outside scope of authority — Whether union guilty of wilful contempt of court — Whether union liable for unfair industrial practices — Industrial Relations Act, 1971 (c.72), ss. 99(1) (a), (b), 101,116,154,167(1), (9).