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:

3 Apr 2020: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Geowash Pty Ltd (Subject to a Deed of Company Arrangement) (No 5) [2020] FCA 440
Judge: Colvin J
3 Apr 2020: Kemp v Westpac Banking Corporation [2020] FCA 437
REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS - credit insurance policy - case management - timetable for completion of pleadings - timetable for discovery - notice of commencement of proceeding and rights of group members to opt out of proceeding - orders made to make allowance for circumstances confronting legal practitioners and litigants as a result of the…
Judge: O'Bryan J
3 Apr 2020: Reilly v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2020] FCA 436
REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS - credit insurance policy - case management - timetable for completion of pleadings - timetable for discovery - notice of commencement of proceeding and rights of group members to opt out of proceeding - orders made to make allowance for circumstances confronting legal practitioners and litigants as a result of the…
Judge: O'Bryan 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.