Duport Steels Ltd v Sirs
1980 · [1980] 1 WLR 142
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- Facts
- During a steel strike the Court of Appeal granted against union leaders, taking a narrow view of the statutory immunity for acts in furtherance of a trade dispute.
- Issue
- Could judges narrow a clear statutory immunity because they thought its effects undesirable?
- Held
- The House of Lords discharged the injunctions. The statute's words were clear and had to be applied.
- Principle
- Parliament makes the law, and judges must apply clear statutes even if they dislike the result.
- Why it matters
- A key authority on the proper role of judges under the .
Words and Latin in this note
- Separation of powers
- The division of state power among the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary, so that no one organ holds all of it. The 1991 Constitution combines it with checks and balances. Open the note.
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