Trade unions: immunity from civil suits for acts in contemplation or furtherance of industrial disputes, subject to executive instruction limits. Registered trade unions and their office-bearers or members have immunity from civil suits for acts done in contemplation or furtherance of an industrial dispute to which a member is a party, and a union is not liable for tortious acts by an agent done in such context if it proves the agent acted without the executive's knowledge or contrary to express instructions.
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Trade unions: immunity from civil suits for acts in contemplation or furtherance of industrial disputes, subject to executive instruction limits.
Registered trade unions and their office-bearers or members have immunity from civil suits for acts done in contemplation or furtherance of an industrial dispute to which a member is a party, and a union is not liable for tortious acts by an agent done in such context if it proves the agent acted without the executive's knowledge or contrary to express instructions.
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