
%0 Journal Article
%A Liberman, Jonathan 
%T Litigation and its current role in tobacco regulation in Australia
%J New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
%D 2004/06/01
%V 15
%N 6
%P 102-103
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/NB04024
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB04024 
%X Litigation plays an important role in tobacco control, both in Australia and overseas. Though it is often portrayed as being about no more than a battle between a plaintiff and a defendant over money, litigation in fact performs a major regulatory function. While litigation can take many forms—such as a damages claim by a private individual, a criminal prosecution by the state, or enforcement of legislation by a statutory agency such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission—a court will only find for a plaintiff if a defendant is found to have acted unlawfully or breached a legal obligation. 
