National Practice Areas
The Court's workload has been reorganised by reference to 9 National Practice Areas (NPAs) and where applicable, sub-areas, based on established areas of law.
This structure has been put in place for the following reasons:
- to foster consistent national practice
- for the utilisation of specialised judicial and registrar skills
- for the effective, orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court
A detailed description of each NPA (and any sub-areas) can be found on the NPA Descriptions page.
The nine NPAs and sub-areas are:
- Administrative and
Constitutional Law and Human Rights NPA
- Admiralty and Maritime NPA
- Commercial
and Corporations NPA
Commercial and Corporations NPA sub-areas:
Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance
and Insurance
Corporations and
Corporate Insolvency
General and Personal
Insolvency Economic Regulator,
Competition and Access
Regulator and Consumer
Protection
Commercial Arbitration - Federal Crime and Related Proceedings NPA
- Employment and Industrial Relations NPA
- Intellectual Property NPA
Intellectual Property NPA sub-areas:
Patents and Associated Statutes
Trade
Marks
Copyright and Industrial
Designs - Native Title NPA
- Taxation NPA
- Other Federal
Jurisdiction NPA
