JT Stratford & Son Ltd v Lindley

  • [1965] AC 269
  • [1964] 3 WLR 541
  • [1964] 3 All ER 102
  • [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 133
  • [1964] 7 WLUK 102
  • 108 SJLB 636
  • (1964) 108 SJ 636
  • [1964] CLY 3702
Case historyPrior actions
  • JT Stratford & Son v Lindley [1964] 1 Lloyd's Rep 138 (High Court)
  • JT Stratford & Son v Lindley [1964] 2 WLR 1002 (Court of Appeal)
Appealed fromCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)Related actions
  • JT Stratford & Son v Lindley [1969] 1 WLUK 7 (High Court)
  • JT Stratford & Son v Lindley [1969] 1 WLR 1547 (Court of Appeal)
Court membershipJudges sittingLord Reid, Viscount Radcliffe, Lord Pearce, Lord Upjohn, Lord DonovanKeywordsRight to strike, common law, fundamental right

JT Stratford & Son Ltd v Lindley [1965] AC 269 is a UK labour law case that concerns economic tort and strike action.

Facts

The union embargoed JT Stratford & Son, the parent company of a subsidiary that the union was in dispute with. They refused to handle the barges of JT Stratford.

Judgment

The House of Lords held

Lord Reid said the following.[1]

The respondents' action made it practically impossible for the appellants to do any new business with the barge hirers.

It was not disputed that such interference is tortious if any unlawful means are employed.

See also

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Collective action sources
TULRCA 1992 s 219
Lumley v Gye (1853) 2 E&B 216
Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch [1942] AC 435
Merkur Island Shipping Corporation v Laughton [1983] 2 AC 570
TULRCA 1992 s 244
BBC v Hearn [1977] ICR 686
UCL Hospitals NHS Trust v Unison [1999] ICR 204
Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v ITWF [1983] 1 AC 366
TULRCA 1992 ss 226-234
P v NASUWT [2003] 2 AC 663
British Airways Plc v Unite the Union (No 2) [2010] EWCA Civ 669
Metrobus Ltd v Unite the Union [2009]
TULRCA 1992 ss 20-22, 220-221 and 241
The Rosella (2008) C-438/05
RMT v UK [2014]
see UK labour and unions

Notes

  1. ^ [1965] AC 269, 324


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