Federal Court of Australia
JUDGMENT NO. sesnee2 Sosa! 0d Ln CATCHWORDS
TRADE PRACTICES - misleading or deceptive conduct - proposal for corporate reorganisation - ""demutualization" and issue of shares or cash - prospectus - reasonable expectation of members of full and fair disclosure for the making of properly informed judgment on the proposal.
CORPORATIONS - "control" of corporation - meaning thereof.
Trade Practices Act 1974, ss. 52, 80, 87 Corporations Law, ss. 199, 749, 750, 995
Royal Aytomobile Cl of Victoria v Federal Commissioner of Taxation {1974] V.R. 651
Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie SA v (1986) 12 F.C.R. 477
Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramensky (1992) 39 F.C.R. 31
Warner v Elders Rural Finance Limited (1993) 41 F.C.R. 399
Peters' ican Delica o. Ltd v Heath (1939) 61 C.L.R. 457 Chequepoint Securities Ltd v Claremont Petroleum NL (1986) 11
A.C.L.R. 94
Campbell v The Australian Mut al Provident Society (1906) 7 S.R. (N.S.W.) 99, affd. (1908) 24 T.L.R. 623
Re_ A. Ffrost & Co. Pty Ltd [1993] 1 Qd. R. 1
Walker v Wimborne (1976) 137 C.L.R. 1
Mendes v issioner of Probate Duties (Victoria) (1967) 122 C.L.R. 152
DAWN _ FRASER & ANOR v
NRMA_HOLDINGS LIMITED & ORS No. NG 3479 of 1994
RECEIVED
BEFORE: GUMMOW J. 14 OCT 1994 PLACE: SYDNEY. FEDERAL COURT OF DATE: 13 OCTOBER 1994. AUSTRALIA
PRINCIPAL REGISTRY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) )
GENERAL DIVISION No. NG 3479 of 1994
BETWEEN: DAWN FRASER First Applicant
RICHARD JAMES TALBOT Second Applicant
AND: NRMA HOLDINGS LIMITED
First Respondent
NRMA LIMITED
Second Respondent
NRMA_INSURANCE LIMITED
Third Respondent
BEFORE: GUMMOW J. PLACE: SYDNEY. DATE: 13 OCTOBER 1994.
M FOR: UPON the claims to relief the subject of the order under 0.27
r.2 made 27 September 1994,
THE COURT DECLARES THAT:
By distributing to members of the second and third respondents the documents copies of which are Exhibits A, B and C, the first respondent, in trade or commerce, engaged in conduct which is misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or
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