British Airways plc v Unite the Union [2009] EWHC 3541 (QB); [2010] EWCA Civ 669

Industrial Relations: Seeking recognition

Tom Flanagan considers the ramifications of PDAU’s battle to represent Boots’ pharmacists ‘R (Boots Management Services v the CAC [2014] is an example of the unions arguing that the UK’s law on trade unions – sometimes in the context of a right to strike or the conduct of industrial action ballots but here in the …

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Industrial Relations: Autumn of discontent

Andrew Burns asks whether the courts will be able to stop public sector workers going on a general strike in protest at government cuts ‘The statutory provisions governing a ballot are complex and detailed, and have been amended over the years so that Part V of TULRCA could be described as a minefield for the …

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