JOHN HOLT
V.
HOLTS AFRICAN WORKERS

(1963) JELR 58304 (SC)

Supreme Court · F.S.C. 422/1962 · 23 Dec 1963 · Nigeria

CORAM

SIR ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, C.J.N. (Presided and Read the Judgment of the Court) JOHN IDOWU CONRAD TAYLOR, J.S.C. SIR VAHE BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C.

Core Terms ^Beta

1st defendants

2nd defendants

learned judge

interlocutory injunction

firm of john holt nigeria ltd.

members of a trade union

defendant company

reconstruction plan

judgment of the court

interim injunction

said reconstruction plan

great extent

1st september

1st defendant

injunction

infringement of the right of the members

organisation of its company structure

owner of houses

first ruling

subject matter of the declaration

material time

following terms

managers of the principal company

prima facie’ case

first question

interest of their business

notice of appeal

different times

trade union

members of the union

grant of an injunction

central organizing body of nigerian workers

plaintiff union

lawful rights

following ruling

per cent

general rule

plaintiffs

proper exercise of the jurisdiction of the court

11th september

extent of the inconvenience

grant

terim injunction

john holt

order

perusal of the record of appeal

lord cottenham

john holt nigeria ltd.

action

l. c.

ADEMOLA, C.J.N. (Delivering the Judgment of the Court): The plaintiffs/ respondents are members of a Trade Union; and as the name signifies, members of the Union are employed either by the firm of John Holt Nigeria Ltd. (the 1st defendants/appellants) or John Holt and Co. (Liverpool) Ltd (2nd defendants/appellants). It would appear that the firm of John Holt and Co. (Liverpool) Ltd. (2nd defendants/appellants) intended to carry out a Reconstruction Plan in the interest of their business, the terms of which the plaintiffs/respondents view with some concern. The latter therefore proceeded to bring an action against the 1st defendant, John Holt Nigeria Ltd., seeking a declaration and injunction in the following terms:

“(1) for a declaration that the Reconstruction Plan intended to be put into effect by the defendant on 1st September, 1961, whereby the central organizing body of Nigerian workers in the defendant Company, that is to say, the plaintiff Union, will be abolished by the defend…

JOHN HOLT V. HOLTS AFRICAN WORKERS

JOHN HOLT
V.
HOLTS AFRICAN WORKERS