"I'm fighting for the young people, to try and get through to them the dangers of smoking," she said.
McTear, 58, a deputy manager with Help the Aged, faces financial ruin if she loses. Imperial could try to recover the costs of the hearing, and it recently served her with an order preventing her from selling her home.
Getting to court will keep a promise she made to Alf before he died.
"I gave him an understanding I would continue it, and my family will continue if anything happens to me," she said.
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