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of countries and which has always struck me as an oddity in our own law. The fact that the recent Royal Commission concluded by a majority that there was no evidence of abuse of the right to picket a man's home is irrelevant to overseas conditions where intimidation is often very much easier than it is in this country. It is noteworthy that at least the Royal Commission was divided on this point.
6. To summarise, I am satisfied that Clause 12 (c) does not represent an unreasonable infringement on the right of an individual to become an office. of a trade union, nor do Clauses 23 and 24 restrict the right to picket to such an extent that they could be. regarded as unduly restrictive of the right of a striking worker to attend at a place "in order merely to obtain or communicate information". (Note: the reference to Section 42 of the Trade Union Registration Ordinance and the corresponding Section 3 of the .K. Trade Disputes Act 1906 overlooks the bie point that since the basic protections against conspiracy, tort etc. are confined to a registered trade union, under conditions of compulsory registration it is not possible, to use, the terms of the U.K. Act where these protections are automatically given to anyone acting in pursuit of a trade dispute).
7. I think that Mr. Steel should see these papers. He may care to look at the point about Public Order Ordinance (Cap 245) referred to in paragraph 10 of the Memorandum. I have not commented on this above but would draw attention to the query I raised in paragraph 3 of my minute of 2nd December 1969 which was replied to by Sir Lionel Brett in his minute of 15th December 1969.
Mr.
Steel
(G. FOGGON)
OLA
10th September 1970.
I should be grateful for your comments on
Memorandine at-(7),
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