Booth v Amalgamated Marine Workers’ Union

Subject Matter

TRADE UNION — Amalgamation — Condition precedent — Ballot of Constituent Union irregularly conducted and requisite Votes not obtained — Invalid Amalgamation — Effect of Registration — Funds of constituent Union — Rights in respect of them — Trade Union Act Amendment Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 22), ss. 12, 13 — Trade Disputes Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 47), s. 4 — Trade Union (Amalgamation), Act, 1917 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 24), s. 1.