National Practice Areas
The Court's workload has been reorganised by reference to nine National Practice Areas (NPAs) and where applicable, sub-areas, based on established areas of law.
The nine NPAs and sub-areas are:
- Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights NPA
- Admiralty and Maritime NPA
- Commercial and Corporations NPA
Sub-areas:
Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance
and Insurance
Corporations and
Corporate Insolvency
General and Personal
Insolvency Economic Regulator,
Competition and Access
Regulator and Consumer Protection
Commercial Arbitration - Federal Crime and Related Proceedings NPA
- Employment and Industrial Relations NPA
- Intellectual Property NPA
Sub-areas:
Patents and
associated Statutes
Trade
Marks
Copyright and Industrial
Designs - Native Title NPA
- Taxation NPA
- Other Federal Jurisdiction
A description of each NPA and sub-area can be found on the NPA descriptions page.
