Edwards v Society of Graphical and Allied Trades

Subject Matter

DAMAGES — Earnings, loss of — Trade union — Wrongful exclusion from membership — Measure of damages — Basis of assessment — Actual financial loss plus sum for estimated future loss — Duty to mitigate damages by reasonable conduct

[1971] Ch 354; [1970] 1 WLR 379; [1970] 3 WLR 713

TRADE UNION — Membership — Wrongful termination — Temporary member wrongfully deprived of union card and dismissed from union shop — Assessment of damages — On appeal, union's undertaking to grant full membership — Effect on estimate of future loss

[1971] Ch 354; [1970] 1 WLR 379; [1970] 3 WLR 713

TRADE UNION — Rules — Validity — Rule giving unfettered power to deprive temporary member of union card — No provision for natural justice or right of appeal — Loss of union membership affecting right to work — Whether void as in restraint of trade — Whether ultra vires

[1971] Ch 354; [1970] 1 WLR 379; [1970] 3 WLR 713

Appellate History