Section 20(1)

Where proceedings in tort are brought against a trade union— then, for the purpose of determining in those proceedings whether the union is liable in respect of the act in question, that act shall be taken to have been done by the union if, but only if, it is to be taken to have been authorised or endorsed by the trade union in accordance with the following provisions. on the ground that an act— induces another person to break a contract or interferes or induces another person to interfere with its performance, or consists in threatening that a contract (whether one to which the union is a party or not) will be broken or its performance interfered with, or that the union will induce another person to break a contract or interfere with its performance, or in respect of an agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or to procure the doing of an act which, if it were done without any such agreement or combination, would be actionable in tort on such a ground,

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04