Legal challenges

Legal challenges

Tobacco companies challenge of legislation in Australia’s High Court

McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, Challenges in domestic courts to plain (standardised) packaging, https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/legal-challenges/domestic-courts/plain-packaging/

Liberman, J., Plainly constitutional: the upholding of plain tobacco packaging by the High Court of Australia, American Journal of Law and Medicine 2013. p. 361-81. Available from http://www.mccabecentre.org/downloads/Liberman_plainly_constitutional_FINAL.pdf

Hong Kong bilateral investment treaty

McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, Investment tribunal dismisses Philip Morris Asia’s challenge to Australia’s plain packaging (2016), https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/legal-challenges/investment-tribunal-dismisses-philip-morris-asias-challenge-australias-plain-packaging/

McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, Philip Morris ordered to pay Australia for costs of defending tobacco plain packaging investment challenge (2017), https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/legal-challenges/philip-morris-v-australia-costs-award/  

WTO challenges

McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, The WTO Panel Report in Australia – Plain Packaging (2018) https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/legal-challenges/new-paper-wto-panel-report-australia-plain-packaging-findings-implications/

McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, An initial overview of the WTO panel decision in Australia – Plain Packaging (2018) https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/legal-challenges/initial-overview-wto-panel-decision-australia-plain-packaging/

Zhou, S and Wakefield, M. A Global Public Health Victory for Tobacco Plain-Packaging Laws in Australia, JAMA Intern Med. Published online November 26, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.6480 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2716188

Challenges in other countries

McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, Challenges in domestic courts to plain (standardised) packaging, https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/legal-challenges/domestic-courts/plain-packaging/

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Summaries of the Legal Challenges Against Plain Packaging Laws, https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/plainpackaging/tools-resources/legal/case-summaries