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
- 26 Jul 2024:
Edmonds v Barrington Winstanley Group Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 821
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to disqualify the respondent's legal representatives - summary of legal principles - appellants' evidence inadmissible on the basis they contain bare assertions of a scandalous nature - application dismissed PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for leave to amend the notice of appeal - appellants' submission…
Judge: Perry J - 25 Jul 2024:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v NGS Crypto Pty Ltd (No 3) [2024] FCA 822
CORPORATIONS - previous ex parte orders appointing receivers - previous ex parte freezing orders - defendants conducted business in Australia and overseas - funds invested in cryptocurrency assets - whether Court should rescind and discharge orders appointing receivers and freezing orders - whether duty of candour discharged by Australian…
Judge: Collier J - 25 Jul 2024:
McNickle v Huntsman Chemical Company Australia Pty Ltd (Initial Trial) [2024] FCA 807
REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS - class action concerning the alleged carcinogenic effects of Roundup produced by the Monsanto Company - initial trial of common questions - general causation - whether use of or exposure to Roundup products which contained glyphosate increases risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) - where ten expert conclaves…
Judge: Lee J
Latest Speeches & Papers
- 21 Jun 2024:
Is Cryptocurrency Property?
Paper delivered to the Commercial Law Association of Australia - 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
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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