304   Illegality on grounds of restraint of trade excluded

(cf The Trade Union Act 1871 (UK), secs 2–4, Industrial Relations Act 1971 (UK), sec 135)

The purposes of a trade union are not, by reason only that they are in restraint of trade, unlawful, so as:

(a)  to make any member of the trade union liable to criminal proceedings for conspiracy or otherwise, or

(b)  to make any agreement or trust void or voidable.