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B v Waitemata District Health Board

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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B v Waitemata District Health Board
   
Issue: Whether a policy of not allowing a patient detained in the intensive care unit in a psychiatric hospital to smoke breached the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 or the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
   
Court: Supreme Court of New Zealand
   
Reference:   SC 60/2016
   
Neutral Citation:   [2017] NZSC 88
   
Judge(s): William Young, Glazebrook, Arnold, O’Regan and Ellen France JJ
   
Date: 14 June 2017