R (National Union of Journalists) v Central Arbitration Committee [2005] EWCA Civ 1309 is a UK labour law case, concerning collective bargaining.

The NUJ contended that its application for recognition at the Racing Post newspaper was not inadmissible under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, Schedule A1, paragraph 35.

The Central Arbitration Committee had decided this was the situation since the Mirror News Group already had a recognition agreement with the British Association of Journalists.

Where that has happened there is nothing in Schedule A1 of the 1992 Act that allows the CAC to require the employer to enter into another recognition agreement with a union that does have majority support.

Were the BAJ a non-independent trade union, which it is not, its recognition by the Company could be challenged under Part VI of the Schedule.Buxton LJ held that the smaller collective agreement prevented another one supervening.