The Law of Trade Unions in England and Scotland Under the Trade Union Act, 1871

William Guthrie

Edmonston & Douglas, 1873 - Labor unions - 96 pages

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Agreements in Restraint of Trade 3 The Law before 1871: 4
• The Law before 1871 continuedFarrar v Close: 5
• The Law before 1871 continued: 6
• The Act of 1869: 9
• The Law since 29th July 1871Definition of Trade Unions: 10
• Trade Unions not Criminal: 12
• Removal of Disabilities depending on the Doctrine of Restraint of Trade 11 Continuation of some former Disabilities: 13
• Validity of Agreements to pay Benefits to Members and Contributions to NonMembers: 15
• Agreements between different Trade Unions: 16
• Bonds to secure Performance of Illegal Agreements 15 NonApplication of Friendly Societies Acts: 17
• Registered Trade UnionsEffect of Illegal Purposes: 19
• Illegal Purposes: 20
• Power to Hold Land 19 Branches to be considered as Distinct Unions: 22
• Vesting of Property in Trustees: 23
• Suing and being Sued: 26
• Liability of Trustees: 28
• Accounting and Audit: 29
• Payment of Balance and Delivery of Effects by TreasurerCivil Proceedings against Treasurer: 31
• Summary Proceedings for Fraud or withholding the Money or Property of Trade Unions: 32
• Application of Summary Proceedings: 33
• Order to Deliver or Repay and Penalty: 34
• Rules and RegistrationRequisites specified in Schedule I: 35
• Name of Trade Union: 36
• Place of MeetingRegistered Office: 37
• Objects of SocietyApplication of Funds etc: 38
• Rights to BenefitsForfeituresExpulsions etc 33 Alteration of Rules: 41
• Appointment of Officials: 43
• Legal Proceedings in Scotland: 44
• 23: 48
• 26: 49
• 29: 53
• 32: 54
• APPENDIX: 57
• 33: 61
• 36: 65
• 37: 67
• Form for Annual Return of Change of Officers required by Sec 16 of: 71
• Proceedings in an Application for Registration of Alterations of the Rules: 84
• Criminal Law Amendment Violence Threats etc Act 34 35 Vict: 90
• 41: 94

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Page 48 - Any exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification, whether it does or does not accompany the description of the offence in this Act, may be proved by the defendant, but need not be specified or negatived in the information, and if so specified or negatived no proof in relation to the matter so specified or negatived shall be required on the part of the informant.‎

Page 88 - ... near a house or place where a person resides or works or carries on business or happens to be, if they so attend merely for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information, or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working'.‎

Page 9 - The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are In restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful, so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise.‎

Page 9 - Act, 1851," and any Act amending the same. In Scotland the term " misdemeanor " means a crime and offence. The term "trade union" means such combination, whether temporary or permanent, for regulating the relations between workmen and masters, or between workmen and workmen, or between masters and masters, or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business, as would, if this Act had not passed, have been deemed to have been an . unlawful combination by reason of some one...‎

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Page 59 - Act, or to any person intending or applying to become a member of such trade union, a copy of any rules or of any alterations or amendments of the same other than those respectively which exist for the time being, on the pretence that the same are the existing rules of such trade union, or that there are no other rules of such trade union, or if any person with the intent aforesaid gives a copy of any rules to any person on the pretence that such rules are the rules of a trade union registered under...‎

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Bibliographic information

• Title: The Law of Trade Unions in England and Scotland Under the Trade Union Act, 1871
• Author: William Guthrie
• Publisher: Edmonston & Douglas, 1873
• Original from: Oxford University
• Digitized: Sep 27, 2006
• Length: 96 pages