Monksfield v NATSOPA

Subject Matter

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair industrial practice — Breach of trade union rules — Union byelaw restricting employment of members — Provision for exemption — Applications by member prior to Industrial Relations Act 1971 for exemption — Refusals by union — Refusal of one application after Act of 1971 — No loss suffered as result of that refusal — Industrial tribunal's decision that applicant entitled to exemption — Whether entitled to compensation — Whether refusals prior to Act of 1971 relevant — Industrial Relations Act 1971, ss 107, 109 (1)

[1972] ICR 469

STATUTE — Construction — New cause of action — Unfair industrial practice — Whether retrospective — Industrial Relations Act 1971, s 107

[1972] ICR 469