Taff Vale Railway Co v Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Taff_Vale_Railway_Co_v_Amalgamated_Society_of_Railway_Servants
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
UK legal case
gptkbp:citation [1901] AC 426
[1901] UKHL 1
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1901
gptkbp:decision Trade unions can be sued in tort
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Amalgamated_Society_of_Railway_Servants
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Taff Vale Railway Co v Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
gptkbp:impact prompted legislative reform in UK labour law
gptkbp:judge gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkb:Lord_Brampton
gptkb:Lord_Halsbury
gptkb:Lord_Lindley
gptkb:Lord_Macnaghten
gptkb:Lord_Shand
gptkbp:legalSubject tort law
trade union law
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Taff_Vale_Railway_Co
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Trade_Disputes_Act_1906
gptkbp:result trade unions liable for damages caused by strikes
gptkbp:significance led to the Trade Disputes Act 1906
gptkbp:subject gptkb:center
gptkb:trade_unionist
liability of trade unions for damages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Taff_Vale_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6