R (Smeaton) v Secretary of State for Health

(Transcript of the Handed Down Judgment of Smith Bernal Reporting Limited, 190 Fleet Street London EC4A 2AG Tel No: 020 7421 4040, Fax No: 020 7831 8838 Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)

Mr Richard Gordon QC, Mr James Bogle and Mr Martin Chamberlain (instructed by Coningsbys) for the Claimant Mr Kenneth Parker QC, Mr James Eadie and Mr Simon Hattan (instructed by the Office of the Solicitor to the Department) for the Secretary of State Mr David Anderson QC and Miss Jemima Stratford (instructed by Arnold & Porter) for Schering Health Care Limited Ms Nathalie Lieven (instructed by Leigh Day & Co) for Family Planning Association ____________________

iii) Next he submits that Schering�s evidence was distinctive and useful to the court. I entirely agree. Quite apart from the evidence of Dr Longthorne, Schering was the source of many of the modern medical dictionaries and of the evidence from Professor Drife, which had no equivalent from the Secretary of State and which was central to the eventual resolution of the case.