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which rapid and complete recovery followed its use suggest strongly that it must be the same in the dreaded cancer though were I to state this to be a fact I should be liable, under the Cancer Act, to fine and imprisonment". He was fined £10 (equivalent to approximately £350 in 2017) for breaching the Cancer Act, and a further £10 for breaching the
Pharmacy and Medicines Act.
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charges under other consumer protection legislation. The company was fined £11,000 (plus £1,000) costs. The directors pleaded guilty and had to pay fines of £2,000 and £1,500 (and £8,013 and £2,000 in costs respectively). One of the directors was given a community service order requiring 200 hours of work.
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In 2000, an import-export company called
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William Peter Vickerstaff, a herbalist in Leicester. He appeared before the court in January 1943. He claimed that he was unaware that promotional materials in his shop window mentioned cancer and made an undertaking to pay costs £15 and 5
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in costs (approximately £600 in 2017). He was later tried again in July 1944 and found guilty—this time, being fined £125 and 5 shilings, including costs (approximately £4,450), though this was reduced on appeal to
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