26 Sept 2012
CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD AND OTHERS v. CAMPBELL RICHARD BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS AND OTHERS
- Citation
- CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD AND OTHERS v. CAMPBELL RICHARD BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV14/2011
Where industrial action is proposed, organized and enforced by a registered trade union an employee taking part in that action falls within the statutory phrase 'activities of the trade union' in s21B(1)(b) and may be protected subject to the 'appropriate time' limitation; Cathay's contemporaneous public statements and conduct showed dismissals were for disciplinary reasons tied to union activities and thus DGP (contractual disciplinary procedures) applied and were not complied with, entitling plaintiffs to one month's pay; Court of Appeal's reduction of defamation general damages to HKD700,0…