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A one-man battle to overturn the smoking ban has run into a legal hurdle.
Jump to full article: UTV (Ulster Television), 2009-10-30
Intro: Chris Carter, of the Smokers Rights Movement UK-Ireland, has been fighting the ban for two years after he became the first person in north Down to be issued with a penalty ticket for smoking in a public place.
Mr Carter, 57, a former security employee, from Dufferin Avenue, Bangor, wants Judge Grant to state the legal reasons for dismissing his appeal against a �250 fine.
But in the Appeal Court in Belfast today Mr Carter, who is conducting his own case, was told that the court had not the power to compel Judge Grant to state his reasons in writing.
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