Murphy v Stewart

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date19 December 1973
Date19 December 1973
Docket Number[1971. No. 33 P.]
CourtSupreme Court
(S.C.)
Murphy
and
Stewart

Cesser - Workman wishing to terminate membership of his union -Second trade union refusing to accept workman as member while his union objected to termination of his membership - Whether workman's constitutional rights infringed - Constitution of Ireland, 1937, Article 40, s. 6, sub-s. 1 (iii).

The rules of the defendant trade union, in contravention of statute, did not contain any provisions specifying the conditions for cesser of membership of that union. The plaintiff workman was a member of the defendant Union but he wanted to become a member of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. Notwithstanding the objection of the defendant union...

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