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Australian court decision on passive smoking upheld on appeal.

The Australian tobacco industry has been on the very sick list for at least the past 16 years, with adult per capita consumption falling by about one third to its present annual level of 1827 grams. Since 1983, the year when the first of a series of large scale mass media campaigns started' and the momentum against tobacco advertising and smoking in the workplace increased, the average annual f...

In the Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal (criminal Division) on Appeal from Cleantown Crown Court

1. In respect of the appeal by Luckless Limited (‘the appellant’) against the fine of £140,000 imposed upon it by HHJ Stern QC, following the 2 guilty pleas entered by the appellant in respect of a single count under s.85 Water Resources Act 1991 (‘WRA’); and a single count under s.33(1)(c) Environmental Protection Act 1990 (‘EPA’), the Crown has been asked to make submissions on the following ...

Court of appeal to hear whistleblowing case.

A NURSE awarded £23,000 compensation in a landmark whistleblowing case 16 months ago has still not received a penny. ALM Medical Service, which was ordered by an employment tribunal to make the payment to Bryan Bladon, has been granted permission to take the case to the Court of Appeal next spring. The tribunal ruled in June last year that Mr Bladon had been unfairly dismissed from Lowther View...

Appeal court upholds Oregon's assisted suicide law.

not statistically significant. Women who took ibuprofen also had a lower risk of breast cancer than control patients, but the reduction was less than in women taking aspirin. Paracetamol had no effect. Aspirin reduced the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women and postmenopausal women, but the effect was more pronounced in postmenopausal women because there were more of them in the study....

In the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa