HopgoodGanim Lawyers is pleased to have advised Tattersalls Club on their recent success in the Supreme Court.
In 2018, members cast their vote in a ballot on the amendment of the Club’s rules to allow women to join the club.
The ballot was tight and found in favour of opening the Club’s doors to female members.
A member complained that the ballot process was non-compliant with the Club’s rules and brought the matter to the Supreme Court.
The argument centered on an issue in which the CEO had not mailed each individual member an envelope marked with that member’s roll number.
The Supreme Court rejected the challenge to the validity of the ballot on the grounds that the subject of the proceedings is not justiciable and that the postal ballot was “substantially consistent” with the Club’s voting process.