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Title: |
Destruction of classified documents |
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Author: |
Thomas, AG |
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Organisation: |
British American Tobacco Company Limited |
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Bates: |
500173752/500173752 |
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Date: |
15 December 1992 |
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Rating: |
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Source: |
British American Tobacco (BATCo) |
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Page Count: |
1 |
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Type: |
Memorandum |
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Summary: |
Memorandum from AG Thomas (Head of Group Security, BAT Millbank) outlining the company's records management policy for the destruction of documents. [Ed: A useful generic reference for industry document destruction.]
"In Millbank 3 facilities exist for the destruction of classified, i.e. SECRET or RESTRICTED, or other sensitive documents. a) Office shredders located in departments throughout the building, b) A disintegrator located in the undercroft, c) External contract shredding through Group 4.
In determining whether a redundant document contains sensitive information holders should app... |
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| 2. |
Title: |
Tobacco lawyer denies shredding claim |
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Author: |
Boyle, J. |
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Resource: |
The Australian Financial Review |
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Date: |
15 April 2002 |
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3 |
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Type: |
Newspaper article |
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Summary: |
A senior partner of law firm Clayton Utz denies involvement in the scandal regarding the shredding of British American Tobacco documents. |
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Copyright: |
Copyright restrictions prevent us from showing you the contents of this document. |
| 3. |
Title: |
Cigarette giant tells workers to shred documents |
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Author: |
Bowers, S. |
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Resource: |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
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Date: |
2 May 2002 |
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7 |
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Type: |
Newspaper article |
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Summary: |
An internal memo from British American Tobacco reveals a policy of destroying redundant documents that may "harm or embarrass" the company. |
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| 4. |
Title: |
Cancer case documents shredded |
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Author: |
Marritt, C; Towers, K |
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Resource: |
The Australian Financial Review |
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Date: |
12 April 2002 |
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1 |
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Type: |
Newspaper article |
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Summary: |
Evidence has been brought forward that law firm Clayton Utz and their client British American Tobacco shredded documents so that they could not be used in court against the company. As a result, a judgement has been made in favour of a woman suing BAT for being responsible for her terminal lung cancer. |
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Copyright: |
Copyright restrictions prevent us from showing you the contents of this document. |
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Title: |
Tobacco company shredded evidence |
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Author: |
Ross, N. |
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Resource: |
Daily Telegraph |
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Date: |
12 April 2002 |
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2 |
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Type: |
Newspaper article |
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Summary: |
Evidence has been brought forward that law firm Clayton Utz and their client British American Tobacco shredded documents so that they could not be used in court against the company. As a result, a judgement has been made in favour of a woman suing BAT for being responsible for her terminal lung cancer. |
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| 6. |
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The United States' written direct examination of John St. Vincent Welch |
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Resource: |
United States District Court for the District of Columbia United States of America plaintiff, v. Philip Morris USA Inc f/k/a Philip Morris Inc, et al. defendants Civil Action No. 99-CV-02496 (GK) |
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Date: |
31 January 2005 |
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30 |
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Type: |
Depositions, transcripts, testimony |
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Summary: |
John St Vincent Welch was the Chief Executive Officer of the Tobacco Institute of Australia (TIA) from 21 January 1991 to the end of April 1992. The testimony addresses the document retention policy and document destruction practices at the TIA.
There are two versions of the testimony provided: 20050131a and 20050131b. The original and then an amended version respectively. The file name in the URL for the amended version indicated a date of 5 January 2002.
Extracts:
Q. You previously mentioned the TIA's Document Retention Policy. Did the TIA have a document retention policy at the star... |
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LAW20050131a.pdf, LAW20050131b.pdf |
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Title: |
Court damages dwarfed by damage to reputations |
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Author: |
Cave, M; Towers, K. |
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Resource: |
The Australian Financial Review |
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Date: |
13 April 2002 |
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4 |
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Type: |
Newspaper article |
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Summary: |
The suppression order that prevented the document shredding by British American Tobacco has been lifted and is expected to cause a large amount of damage to the reputation of BAT. |
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Copyright: |
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| 8. |
Title: |
Training For J Lee - Document Retention Program. |
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Author: |
Maddox, R |
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Bates: |
682724818/682724821 |
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Date: |
10 February 1993 |
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Source: |
Brown & Williamson |
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Page Count: |
4 |
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Type: |
Memorandum |
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Summary: |
File note made by Robert L. Maddox of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W), 10 February 1993, entitled "Training for J.W. Lee, Jr. - Document Retention Program".
B&W assigned a Mr JW Lee "to assist with the collection of sample documents and to cull any documents having possible relevance to pending or threatened litigation or government investigation." [Ed: in view of revelations on massive document shredding ... this entire document could be euphemistic for document shredding.] |
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| 9. |
Title: |
[Letter to Wilson, T.I., AMATIL] |
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Author: |
Strubel, D.G. |
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Organisation: |
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation |
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Bates: |
501023279/501023279 |
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Date: |
22 February 1977 |
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Rating: |
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Source: |
Brown & Williamson |
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Page Count: |
1 |
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Type: |
Letter |
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Summary: |
Letter to Tasmin Wilson, AMATIL, from Dave Strubel, Brown & Williamson Kentucky, answering a question about shredding and crimping as a method of increasing filling power.
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| 10. |
Title: |
Records Administration Research & Development Department |
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Organisation: |
Philip Morris USA |
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Bates: |
2054967295/2054967308 |
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Date: |
February 1995 |
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Rating: |
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Source: |
Philip Morris |
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Page Count: |
15 |
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Type: |
Speech, presentation, etc |
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Summary: |
Confidential records administration presentation identifying R&D records management for staff in Richmond, FTR personnel in Neutchatel and Philip Morris USA.
A slide notes "document disposal - shredding" but there is no context to the frequency. |
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