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TRADE DISPUTES ACT 1906 - SECT 4 

Prohibition of actions of tort against trade unions.

4.(1) An action against a trade union, whether of workmen or masters, or
against any members or officials thereof on behalf of themselves and all other
members of the trade union in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been
committed by or on behalf of the trade union, shall not be entertained by any
court.

(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of the trustees of a
trade union to be sued in the events provided for by the
Trade Union Act, 1871, section nine, except in respect of any tortious act
committed by or on behalf of the union in contemplation or in furtherance of a
trade dispute.

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