National Union of Gold, Silver, and Allied Trades v Albury Brothers Ltd [1979] ICR 84 is a UK labour law case, concerning collective bargaining.

Albury Brothers Ltd was a member of a British jewellers association which negotiated terms and conditions for workers across the industry.

The National Union of Gold, Silver, and Allied Trades alleged that rates through the collective agreement were not being observed.

Lord Denning MR held that if a union had been recognised, even though Albury Brothers Ltd had never dealt with the union before, then it should have observed the statutory procedure for handling redundancies.

Simply approaching a union official about a letter is not implicit indication of recognition, and merely mentioning collective bargaining issues in conversation is not enough.