Hearings
England & Wales
21 Dec 1978 [1979] 1 WLR 390; [1979] ICR 210; [1979] 2 All ER 360, CA
13 Dec 1979 (pet all) [1980] AC 672; [1979] 1 WLR 400F-G; [1980] 2 WLR 89; [1980] ICR 42; [1980] 1 All ER 65, HL(E)
Express Newspapers Ltd v McShane
Subject Matter
TRADE DISPUTE — Act in furtherance of — Procuring breach of contract — Trade union calling strike of journalists on local newspapers — Members on news agency also called out — Union's instructions to members on national newspapers not to handle agency copy — Whether in “furtherance of a trade dispute” — Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, ss 13 (1), 17 (2) (as amended by Employment Protection Act 1975, s 125 (1), Sch 16, Pt III, para 6 and Trade Union and Labour Relations (Amendment) Act 1976, s 3 (2))
[1980] AC 672; [1979] 1 WLR 390; [1980] 2 WLR 89; [1979] ICR 210; [1980] ICR 42
Appellate History
Express Newspapers Ltd v McShane [1979] 1 WLR 390; [1979] ICR 210; [1979] 2 All ER 360, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
Express Newspapers Ltd v McShane [1980] AC 672; [1979] 1 WLR 400F-G; [1980] 2 WLR 89; [1980] ICR 42; [1980] 1 All ER 65, HL(E)