But Fletcher Moulton L . J . denied that there was any such limitation on the power of the courts : see " Osborne v Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants "; and it has now become clear that he was right : see the comporters'case, " Abbott v Sullivan ".
32.
""'Federated Amalgamated Government Railway & Tramway Service Association v NSW Rail Traffic Employees Association " "', known as the " "'Railway Servants Case " "', is an early High Court of Australia case that held that employees of State railways could not be part of an interstate industrial dispute under the Engineers'Case ",
33.
""'Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants v Osborne " "'[ 1910 ] AC 87 is a UK labour law case, which ruled that members of trade unions would now have to " contract in " if they wanted a portion of their salary to go to a trade union, unlike the previous system of " contracting out ", in which the portion of salary was taken unless the individual explicitly stated otherwise.
34.
A Railway Servants Act was passed that enabled the Board of Trade to hear the complaints of men who were overworked by their employers and to compel those employers to grant whatever the Board considered to be a reasonable standard of hours . A Local Government Act was also passed that gave or confirmed to local authorities power to acquire land, even without the owners consent, and let it to labourers for cultivation, together with any house the authorities considered unhealthy to be repaired or closed.
35.
The agreement would clearly be void as against public policy : see " Osborne v . Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants " [ 1909 ] 1 Ch . 163, 186, 187; 25 T . L . R . 107, C . A . by Fletcher Moulton L . J .; and on appeal by Lord Shaw of Dunfermline . [ 1910 ] A . C . 87, 110, 111, H . L . Or take a nominee director, that is, a director of a company who is nominated by a large shareholder to represent his interests.
