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JT Stratford & Son Ltd v Lindley
CourtHouse of Lords
Decided28 July 1964 (1964-07-28)
Citations
  • AC 269
  • 3 WLR 541
  • 3 All ER 102
  • 2 Lloyd's Rep 133
  • 7 WLUK 102
  • 108 SJLB 636
  • (1964) 108 SJ 636
  • CLY 3702
Case history
Prior actions
  • JT Stratford & Son v Lindley 1 Lloyd's Rep 138 (High Court)
  • JT Stratford & Son v Lindley 2 WLR 1002 (Court of Appeal)
Appealed fromCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Related actions
  • JT Stratford & Son v Lindley 1 WLUK 7 (High Court)
  • JT Stratford & Son v Lindley 1 WLR 1547 (Court of Appeal)
Court membership
Judges sittingLord Reid, Viscount Radcliffe, Lord Pearce, Lord Upjohn, Lord Donovan
Keywords
Right to strike, common law, fundamental right

JT Stratford & Son Ltd v Lindley 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.

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

Collective action sources
TULRCA 1992 s 219
Lumley v Gye (1853) 2 E&B 216
Taff Vale Railway Co v ASRS AC 426
Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch AC 435
JT Stratford & Son v Lindley AC 269
Torquay Hotel Co Ltd v Cousins 2 Ch 106
Merkur Island Shipping Corporation v Laughton 2 AC 570
TULRCA 1992 s 244
BBC v Hearn ICR 686
UCL Hospitals NHS Trust v Unison ICR 204
Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v ITWF 1 AC 366
TULRCA 1992 ss 226-234
P v NASUWT 2 AC 663
British Airways Plc v Unite the Union (No 2) EWCA Civ 669
Metrobus Ltd v Unite the Union
TULRCA 1992 ss 20-22, 220-221 and 241
The Rosella (2008) C-438/05
Laval Un Partneri Ltd v Svenska BAF (2008) C-319/05
Demir and Baykara v Turkey ECHR 1345
RMT v UK
see UK labour and unions

Notes

  1. AC 269, 324
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