Article 16 Capacity of trade unions and unincorporated employers' associations to sue and be sued

A trade union and an unincorporated employers' association shall be capable of suing and being sued in its own name, whether in proceedings relating to property or founded on contract or tort or any other cause of action whatsoever.

Any judgment, order or award made in proceedings of any description brought against a trade union or an unincorporated employers' association shall be enforceable, by way of enforcement order under the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order1981 NI 61981, punishment for contempt or otherwise, against any property held in trust for the trade union or employers' association to the like extent and in the like manner as if the trade union or employers' association were a body corporate.

Article 113 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order1981 NI 61981 (sequestration order against company in contempt) shall apply to a trade union and an unincorporated employers' association as it applies to a company.