CORY LIGHTERAGE LTD. v. TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION AND OTHERS

Abstract

February 22, 1973 Industrial relations — Unfair industrial practice — Jurisdiction of High Court — Non‐union lighterman sent home on full pay to avoid threatened strike — National Dock Labour Board's refusal to consent to his dismissal — Alleged conspiracy and unlawful intimidation by union and its officials — Purpose of threatened strike to induce unfair industrial practice by employers against lighterman — Whether “industrial dispute” — Whether “unfair industrial practice” — Whether jurisdiction of High Court retained — Industrial Relations Act, 1971 (c.72), ss. 5(2), 33(3), 132, 167(1).