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:

18 Jan 2021: Lewis, in the matter of Gallop International Group Pty Ltd (In Liq) (No 2) [2021] FCA 7
COSTS - application for costs of an Interlocutory application - where Interlocutory application seeks orders for production of evidence relied on to obtain ex parte orders and setting aside of orders made under s 597(9) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) for production of insurance documents - application for production of evidence relied on dealt …
Judge: Besanko J
12 Jan 2021: Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2021] FCA 5
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for a stay of case management orders made in a proceeding in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia pending the hearing and determination of an application for leave to appeal in this Court - whether a stay should be granted - application dismissed
Judge: Markovic J
24 Dec 2020: Hambleton (Liquidator), in the matter of China Cooking Group Aus Pty Ltd (in liq) v Zhang [2020] FCA 1879
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for summary judgment under s 31A(1) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) and r 26.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) - whether the defendant has a reasonable prospect of defending the substantive application - application granted
Judge: Reeves J

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.
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?'

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.