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Representation:
Mr John Hendy QC and Mr Rohan Pirani instructed by Mann Thompson for the first Appellant
Mr John Hendy QC and Mr Oliver Segal instructed by Messrs Thompsons for the second Appellant
Mr Charles Béar QC and Mr Andrew Burns instructed by Bircham Dyson Bell LLP for the Respondents.
Authority for the proposition that:-
Statutory requirements imposed on trade unions regarding ballots of members and notices to employers before calling a strike should be given a reasonably relaxed, practical, interpretation.
For relevant general notes see Trade union matters/ballots and/or Bills before Parliament/Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill 2010-11
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prepared March 2011