26 Sept 2012
CAMPBELL RICHARD BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS AND OTHERS v. CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- CAMPBELL RICHARD BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS AND OTHERS v. CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV13/2011
The Court held that s21B protects employees who take part in trade-union-sponsored industrial action such as contract compliance when that action is proposed, organized and enforced by the union, so the pilots' dismissals breached s21B (statutory compensation of HKD150,000 each upheld); the Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures were incorporated into the Conditions and should have been invoked before disciplinary dismissal so one month's pay award for contractual breach is reinstated; the trial judge's defamation awards were excessive and the Court of Appeal's reduction to HKD700,000 general…