The Weekly Law Reports
[1969] 2 WLR 1294
[CHANCERY DIVISION]
JOHN v. REES AND OTHERS
[1968 J. No. 2692]
MARTIN AND ANOTHER v. DAVIS AND OTHERS
[1968 M. No. 2390]
REES AND ANOTHER v. JOHN
[1968 R. No. 2276]
1968 July 10,
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Oct. 17, 18
Oct. 17, 18
Megarry J.
Meetings
— Chairman
— Powers
— Adjournment
— Unincorporated political association
— Attempt by chairman to put to vote resolution not on agenda, against wish of majority of those present
— Resulting disturbances
— Purported adjournment sine die by chairman
— Officers elected and resolution to disaffiliate from national political party passed after purported adjournment and departure of chairman and others
— Whether business transacted after purported adjournment valid
— Whether motion to disaffiliate valid
— Chairman's powers to adjourn meeting.
Natural Justice
— Opportunity to meet charge
— Political party
— Rule empowering “disaffiliation of an organisation or expulsion of an individual”
— Whether excluding application of principles of natural justice
— Whether principles applicable to suspension
— Suspension of activities of constituency association and powers of officers
— Requirement of re-organisation of association
— Leading dissident members required to give undertakings of loyalty
— Notices of re-organisation meetings given only to members giving undertakings
— Validity of meetings
— Whether contrary to natural justice.
Presumption
— Legality
— Rules of unincorporated association
— National political party
— Affiliated local party
— Whether national party's rules adopted formally or by usage
— Members 1295joining no knowledge of national rules
— Whether binding on members.
Practice
— Parties
— Representative action
— Individual member of unincorporated association claiming personally and on behalf of all save three of members of association
— Motion to strike out whole writ, or the claim for relief in representative capacity
— Affidavits by members not wishing to be represented by plaintiff
— Whether writ should be struck out wholly or in part
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R.S.C., Ord. 15, r. 12 (1) (3) (4) (5) (6).
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