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
- 30 May 2023:
Silva, in the matter of Alon Pty Ltd (in liquidation) [2023] FCA 547
CORPORATIONS -- competing applications to be appointed as receivers and managers to trust assets -- where originating process brought by liquidators of trustee company and competing interlocutory application brought by interested party -- where amended trust deed includes an ipso facto clause -- where interested party sought to challenge validity…
Judge: Cheeseman J - 29 May 2023:
Feldman v Tayar [2023] FCAFC 79
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY - appeal from a decision of a single judge affirming orders made by a registrar that the estates of the appellants be sequestrated under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) - appeal dismissed
Judge: O'Callaghan, Anderson and Jackman JJ - 26 May 2023:
Sparks, in the matter of IG Energy Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 538
CORPORATIONS - application by administrators for direction under s 90-15 of the Insolvency Practice Schedule (Corporations) being Sch 2 to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act) that administrators are justified in pursuing the rebuild of the Callide C Power Station which is a primary asset of the second to fifth plaintiffs - application allowed…
Judge: Halley J
Latest Speeches & Papers
- 1 May 2023:
The role of courts in relation to commercial arbitration
Keynote address to ACICA Corporate Members - 9 Jun 2022:
Recent developments in Competition Law: Cartel cases
Speech given by Justice Wigney at the book launch of Michael Gvozdenovic and Stephen Puttick (eds.), ‘Current Issues in Competition Law’ (The Federation Press, 2021). - 30 May 2022:
A journey that's bittersweet
An opinion piece published in the West Australian newspaper by Justice Banks-Smith
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)
- 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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