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
- 28 Jun 2024:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Ferratum Australia Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2024] FCA 701
CONSUMER LAW - payday loan business - charging of prohibited fees - inclusion of prohibited terms in small amount credit contracts - failure to engage in credit activities efficiently, honestly and fairly - contraventions of s 47(1)(a) of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth) - contraventions of s 24(1A) of the National Credit…
Judge: Kennett J - 28 Jun 2024:
Connelly as Receiver and Manager of "Digital Currency Assets" v NGS Crypto Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] FCA 697
CORPORATIONS LAW - ex parte application for judicial advice by court-appointed receivers - where defendants in business of investing in cryptocurrency - whether judicial advice should be granted - where decision may be controversial - whether the application is a different one from the first judicial advice application brought in the proceeding -…
Judge: Meagher J - 28 Jun 2024:
Stone (liquidator), in the matter of Ironbark Blacksmithing Pty Ltd (in liq) v Mizzi [2024] FCA 696
CORPORATIONS - application by liquidator of company for recovery of shareholder loans from company to the defendants, and damages for breaches of directors' duties and insolvent trading - where defendants were the sole directors and shareholders of the Company - whether company made loans to the defendants by way of loan agreement pursuant to Div…
Judge: Halley 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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