Plain tobacco packaging Court ruled in favour of the Australian government. British American Tobacco placed freedom of information requests on a Cancer Institute NSW research survey of school students aged between 12-17, which asked how they react to plain packaging, where they get cigarettes from and what age they started smoking. The Cancer Council Victoria fought the FOI request, saying that the tobacco company wanted to use the survey information to change their marketing to children to increase cigarette smoking among youth. Phillip Morris was ordered to pay the Australian government's legal fees. A FOI request by Nick Xenophon and Rex Patrick revealed
Homeguard Products (New Zealand) Ltd v Kiwi Packaging Ltd how long "promptly" might mean. Homeguard Products (New Zealand) Ltd v Kiwi Packaging Ltd Homeguard Products (New Zealand) Ltd v Kiwi Packaging Ltd [1981] 2 NZLR 322 is often cited regarding the banking of cheques tendered as full settlement of disputed accounts. Kiwi Packaging supplied Homeguard with packaging materials. For unexplained reasons, a dispute arose between the parties just what the final balance owing was. This was not helped by Kiwi packaging giving different amounts as the final balance, ranging from $901.84 to $1,187.60. Homeguard thought the balance was even less than these amounts, with their calculation being for $765.97,