Ashford v ASTMS

Subject Matter

TRADE UNION — Rules — Resignation — Statutory right to resign on reasonable notice — Union rule requiring approval of resignation by executive — Members' applications to resign summarily and on seven days' notice — Subsequent expulsion of members — Union subscriptions collected monthly — Whether reasonable notice by members — Effect of unreasonable notice — Validity of expulsion — Industrial Relations Act 1971, s 65 (3)

[1973] ICR 296