Commercial & Corporations

About this NPA

The Commercial and Corporations National Practice Area (NPA) covers commercial and corporations disputes within federal jurisdiction.

This NPA consists of six Sub-areas and each has a dedicated webpage for specific information about proceedings in those Sub-areas:

25 Feb 2019: McKay Super Solutions Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Bellamy's Australia Ltd (No 2) [2019] FCA 215
REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS - practice and procedure - competing class actions - open class action - closed class action - costs capping across both actions - single set of applicants' costs across both actions - maximum monetary cap of applicants' costs - maximum monetary cap of respondent's costs - s 33ZF(1) of Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 …
Judge: Beach J
22 Feb 2019: Donaldson v Worrells (Liquidator), in the Matter of Suffolk Investments Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 180
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - cross-vesting - application to transfer proceedings to the Supreme Court of Western Australia - Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) s 5(4)(b)(iii) - whether Supreme Court of Western Australia a more appropriate forum - where jurisdiction of the Court is regularly invoked - where proceedings have no…
Judge: Davies J
21 Feb 2019: Neville's Bus Service Pty Ltd v Pitcher Partners Consulting Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] FCA 198
COSTS - indemnity costs awarded where applicant succeeded in action in deceit
Judge: O'Callaghan J

1 Nov 2018: Opening address at the AILA National Conference
Presented at the AILA National Conference in Perth by Chief Justice Allsop.
15 Oct 2018: The role of law in international commercial arbitration
Paper presented at the CIArb Inaugural Annual Lecture, Melbourne, by Chief Justice Allsop.
21 Sep 2018: The rise of the international commercial court
Presented at the 2018 Hong Kong International Commercial Law Conference, by Justice Middleton.

Central Practice Note (CPN-1)
Commercial and Corporations Practice Note (C&C-1)
- Schedule 1: General and Personal Insolvency
- Schedule 2: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
- Schedule 3: International Commercial Arbitration
Class Actions Practice Note (GPN-CA)

Forms:	Form 15 - Originating application Either Form 17 - Statement of claim OR NCF1 Concise statement Form 59 - Affidavit
Rules:	Federal Court Rules 8.01(1) , 8.04(1), 8.05(1)(a) and 29.02(1)

Specific forms, rules and other information applicable to each of the Sub-areas are set out on the individual Sub-area webpages.