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:

15 Oct 2021: Bettles as trustee of the bankrupt estate of Bruce v Bruce [2021] FCA 1248
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to withdraw admission of disclaimer - explanation for application to withdraw admission - application to join new respondent parties - application to amend statement of claim and originating application - principles in Brady v Stapleton (1952) 88 CLR 322; [1952] HCA 62 - standard of evidence in interlocutory…
Judge: Collier J
14 Oct 2021: Oberix Group Pty Ltd v Atkinson [2021] FCA 1259
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to transfer proceedings from the Western Australian Registry to the Queensland Registry - application made prematurely - relevance of national character of Federal Court of Australia - application dismissed
Judge: Jackson J
14 Oct 2021: Lawrence (liquidator), in the matter of LXNDR Group Pty Ltd (In liq) [2021] FCA 1243
CORPORATIONS - insolvency - trustee company - liquidator powers to deal with trust property - the liquidators seek an order nun pro tunc that they are justified and acting reasonably in conducting the winding up of the company on the basis that it holds all of its assets and undertakings as trustee of the LXNDR Group Investments Trust - order…
Judge: Anderson J

4 Mar 2021: Courts, confidences and change in challenging circumstances
Delivered at the Quayside Chambers Oration, Perth Concert Hall, by Justice Banks-Smith.
12 Nov 2019: Statutes and Equity
Paper presented at the Kenneth Sutton Lecture, by Chief Justice Allsop.
30 Oct 2019: AILA National Conference 2019 - Opening Address
Presented at the AILA National Conference, Hobart, by Chief Justice Allsop.

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.