Marketing practices in initial public offerings (IPO) of securities Report 494

From Report 494 Marketing practices in initial public offerings of securities September 2016. The report outlines the key findings from reviews we conducted by ASIC to examine how initial public offerings (IPOs) are marketed to retail investors. ASIC particularly considered the extent to which social media has become important for marketing. The report identifies some risks and recommendations that may be […]

10, 19, 2016
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By whiggs

Occupiers negligence, Personal Injury

Occupiers duty of care

See McKenzie v Day (No 2) [2016] NSWDC 236 where Neilson DCJ provides a salient summary of an occupiers duty of care. The most recent statement of the applicable law is contained in the judgment of McColl JA, with whom Macfarlane JA and Beech-Jones J concurred, in Schultz v McCormack [2015] NSWCA 330, where her Honour […]

10, 19, 2016
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Motor Accidents, Other

Breach of duty of care – motor vehicle accidents – you decide?

You decide ?Mr Kidd gave evidence that he was driving a yellow bus, proceeding south-easterly on Talavera Road when he faced a red light at the Herring Road intersection and came to a stop. He had been a professional bus driver for six years and was well familiar with the intersection. He said the green […]

10, 19, 2016
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Medical Negligence, Personal Injury, Witnesses

Truth and Credibility of witnesses

Coote v Kelly; Northam v Kelly [2016] NSWSC 1447 is a medical negligence case which involved an alleged failure to diagnose a melanoma on the sole of the foot of the plaintiff. In Coote Davies J had to weigh up the competing evidence of the Plaintiff and the deceased on the one hand and the four doctors […]