 However, intimidation was not covered under the Trades Disputes Act, and it seemed possible that the "Rookes vs Barnard" judgement would support classifying a strike in any closed shop dispute as unlawful 'intimidation'.As a result, the Labour government of Harold Wilson introduced legislation to restore the status quo from before the case.The Act specified that a threat to withhold one's own labour or to induce others to do the same could give no cause for action in tort.