Big Tobacco Lawyer Must Present Dangers of Smoking Evidence to US Court
[10/08-2]
Excerpts from: Tobacco lawyer told to give evidence
By Kylie Williams The
Daily Telegraph [10/08/03]
The former head legal adviser of British American Tobacco must give evidence
to the US District Court on the dangers of smoking, a NSW Supreme Court judge
ruled today.
Retired British American Tobacco (BAT) lawyer Nicholas Basil Cannar, who now
lives in Sydney's Lane Cove, must now give evidence in the US District Court
in a series of multi-million dollar trials on the medical costs of smoking.
Justice Virginia Bell today upheld a decision made in December by fellow NSW
Supreme Court Justice Greg James that Mr Cannar, who worked for BAT in the mid
1980s, be forced to give evidence to the US court.
The United States District Court had written to the NSW Supreme Court requesting
Mr Cannar be forced to give evidence in the trials.
The US Department of Justice claims Mr Cannar ordered the destruction of thousands
of documents which would prove the health risks of smoking.
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