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:

22 Nov 2019: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Dover Financial Advisers Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1932
CORPORATIONS - false, misleading or deceptive conduct - contraventions of s 1041H of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) and ss 12DA(1) and 12DB(1)(i) of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act) - relevant principles - whether representations to a class of persons or separate representations to…
Judge: O'Bryan J
21 Nov 2019: Capic v Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (Further Discovery) [2019] FCA 1958
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for further discovery - where proposed discovery categories said to relate to proof of aggregate damages claim - consideration of delay, necessity of documents and impact of further discovery on trial timetable
Judge: Perram J
21 Nov 2019: Amirbeaggi as trustee of the bankrupt estate of John Mamdoub Hanna v Kamel [2019] FCA 1965
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for default judgment pursuant to r 5.23 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) - application granted
Judge: Yates J

19 Oct 2019: Assessing the future: The challenge of running competition cases
Presented by Justice Middleton at the 17th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop, 'Competition law: The penicillin of public policy?'
26 Sep 2019: The intersection of companies and trusts
Paper presented at the Harold Ford Memorial Lecture, by Chief Justice Allsop.
11 Jul 2019: An Australian international commercial court - Not a bad idea or what a bad idea?
Presented at the Australian Bar Association’s Convergence 2019 Conference by Justice Colvin.

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.