Table of Cases |
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Table of Legislation |
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Table of Statutory Instruments |
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Table of Treaties and Conventions |
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Table of Codes of Practice |
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List of Abbreviations |
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1 Introduction |
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B The Change in Temperature |
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D What the Parties Want from the Law |
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F The State of Things in 2018 |
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2 Industrial Action and the Individual Contract of Employment |
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B The Strike as a Fundamental Breach of Contract |
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C Alternative Legal Analyses |
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3 Liability for Strikes: The Economic Torts |
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B The Classic Fact Situations |
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D Inducement of Breach of Contract: Lumley v Gye |
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E Causing Loss by Unlawful Means |
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4 The Trade Dispute Immunity |
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C Contemplation or Furtherance of a Dispute |
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F Legitimate Trade Disputes |
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H The Scope of the Immunity |
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5 Ballots |
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B Scope of the Ballot Provisions |
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C When is a Ballot Needed? |
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H Protection of the Voter |
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J Ballots and Injunctions |
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6 Industrial Action Less than a Strike |
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B The Work-to-Rule and Go-Slow |
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D Ban on Particular Duties |
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7 Picketing, Criminal Offences, and Statutory Restrictions |
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C The Right to Picket and the Statutory Immunity |
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D The Code of Practice on Picketing |
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F Statutory Restrictions on Specific Industrial Action |
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8 Industrial Action and Unfair Dismissal |
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A The General Nature of TULR(C)A 1992, s 238 |
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B Strike, Lock-out, or other Industrial Action |
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C Is the Employee a 'Relevant Employee'? |
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D The Importance of the Date of Dismissal |
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F Discriminatory Selection |
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G Participation in Industrial Action and Contributory Fault |
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H Applications to the Employment Tribunal |
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9 Employment Protection Rights |
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A Continuity of Employment |
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10 Injunctions |
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B Granting Interim Injunctions: General Principles |
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D Factors which Weigh in the Exercise of Discretion |
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E Undertaking in Lieu of Injunction |
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H Application for an Interim Injunction |
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I Injunctions Against Persons Unknown and Groups |
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J The Role of the Court of Appeal in Injunction Cases |
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11 Restraining Sit-ins |
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12 Committal for Contempt |
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B Procedure: General Matters |
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C Procedure: Personal Service |
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D The Application for Committal |
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E Service of Application to Commit |
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F Can the Court Commit for Contempt of its Own Accord? |
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I Manner of Committing Contempt |
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J Responsibility of Union for Members and Officials |
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13 Damages for Industrial Action |
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A The Measure of Damages in Contract |
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B Property Immune from Enforcement |
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C Practice in Damages Claims |
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14 Deduction of Pay for Industrial Action |
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15 Trade Union Recognition: Introduction |
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16 Trade Union Recognition: The Application |
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A Initiation of the Statutory Scheme |
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D The Small Employer Exemption |
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E The Meaning of 'Worker' |
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F When the Condition Must be Fulfilled |
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17 Trade Union Recognition: The Bargaining Unit |
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B The Employer's Response to the Request for Recognition |
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C The Union's Application to the CAC |
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D The CAC Procedural Response to an Application |
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E An Admissible Application |
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F The Decision on Admissibility |
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G The Effect of Acceptance |
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H The Appropriate Bargaining Unit |
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I Does the Application Remain Valid? |
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J The Problem of Different Union Applications |
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18 Balloting and Recognition |
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A Should a Ballot be Held? |
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C The Conduct of the Ballots |
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D Ballot Duties on the Parties |
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G Consequences of Recognition |
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H Semi-voluntary Recognition |
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19 Changes Affecting the Bargaining Unit |
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C The Union's Application |
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D The Consequence of the CAC's Deciding upon a New Bargaining Unit |
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20 De-Recognition |
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B Small Employer Exemption |
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C Employer's Request to End Arrangements |
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D Workers' Application to End the Arrangement |
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E The De-recognition Ballot |
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F De-recognition where the Original Recognition was Automatic |
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G De-recognition of the Non-independent Union |
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21 Victimization |
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22 Human Rights, Industrial Action, and Trade Union Recognition |
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B Human Rights in the Trade Union Context |
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23 EU Law |
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A Application of EU Law to Trade Unions: Free Movement |
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24 International Labour Law Standards |
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A International Legal Standards in English Law |
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B Specific International Materials |
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Appendix: Sample Forms and Precedents |
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Index |
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