HILL v. ARCHBOLD

Abstract

January 27, 1967 Master and servant — Maintenance of suit — Trade union's paid officials — Defamation action — Circular to union members containing allegations that officials unfit to be employed by union — Legal assistance to officials for libel actions out of union funds — Whether maintenance — No express power in union rules — Express provision for payment of legal assistance confined to subscribing members — Whether reasonable for good employer to support litigation — Whether implied power to support officials' litigation.

Citation

MacKenna, J. (1967), "HILL v. ARCHBOLD", Managerial Law, Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 138-145. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021304