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:
Latest Judgments
- 19 Mar 2024:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Holista Colltech Ltd [2024] FCA 244
CORPORATIONS - alleged contraventions of ss 674(2) and 1041H(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) - where company failed to notify the Australian Securities Exchange of certain information in breach of continuous disclosure obligations - where company engaged in conduct, in relation to a financial product or a financial service, that was…
Judge: Sarah C Derrington J - 19 Mar 2024:
Tratter v Aware Super [2024] FCAFC 36
SUPERANNUATION -- appeal under s 1057(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) from determination of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) affirming a decision of the trustee of a superannuation fund in relation to the apportionment of a death benefit -- where the trustee of the fund apportioned the death benefit 70% to the deceased…
Judge: O'Callaghan, Anderson and McElwaine JJ - 18 Mar 2024:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Guo (No 2) [2024] FCA 251
CORPORATIONS -- application by defendant to discharge travel restriction orders made under s 1323 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) which were obtained by ASIC on ex parte basis -- where defendant is the subject of an ASIC investigation into alleged contraventions of ss 181-184 of the Act and ss 81-82 of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) -- application…
Judge: O'Callaghan J
Latest Speeches & Papers
- 19 Feb 2024:
Limits on the duty of utmost good faith
Paper delivered to the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria, Insurance & Professional Negligence Section - 1 May 2023:
The role of courts in relation to commercial arbitration
Keynote address to ACICA Corporate Members - 9 Jun 2022:
Recent developments in Competition Law: Cartel cases
Speech given by Justice Wigney at the book launch of Michael Gvozdenovic and Stephen Puttick (eds.), ‘Current Issues in Competition Law’ (The Federation Press, 2021).
Practice Notes
- Central Practice Note (CPN-1)
- Commercial and Corporations Practice Note (C&C-1)
- Schedule 1: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
- Schedule 2: Insurance
- Corporations List - Notice to Practitioners
- Class Actions Practice Note (GPN-CA)
- Commercial Arbitration Practice Note (CA-1)
- Schemes of Arrangement (GPN-SOA)
- General and Personal Insolvency Practice Note (GPI-2)
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Specific forms, rules and other information applicable to each of the Sub-areas are set out on the individual Sub-area webpages.
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