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Blocking Smith v Fonterra a cynical use of Parliamentary power

ANALYSIS: This week saw the fourth time in recent years legislation was announced that would terminate an active court claim.

The Supreme Court decided last year that Smith v Fonterra could be heard in the High Court.

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While most of what your co-editor learnt during her law degree has been muffled by the mists of time (or possibly, inattention during lectures), a 1930s case involving a Scottish woman’s unfortunate find of a decomposed snail at the bottom of her almost-finished ginger beer has always stuck.

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