Attorney-General ex rel Mt Maunganui and Tauranga Stevedores Ltd v Registrar of Industrial Unions - [1984] 2 NZLR 726

Industrial law — Jurisdiction — Alteration of union rules — Two unions proposed to alter their rules so that workers employed on mechanical equipment on or about Mt Maunganui wharf would become members of the Waterside Workers' Union instead of the Drivers' Union — Company employing 31 drivers of mechanical equipment used for cargo handling sought injunctions to prevent proposed amendments being registered — Whether High Court has jurisdiction to determine whether the proposed amendments were ultra vires — Whether injunctions should be granted — Industrial Relations Act 1973, ss 173 and 174.