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
- 26 Sep 2023:
Trevan v Giezekamp, in the matter of DITPJG Holdings Australia Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1143
CORPORATIONS - application for appointment of receiver and manager - where individuals have entered into a joint venture - where a unit trust is used as the vehicle for the joint venture - where the trustee of the unit trust is a corporation jointly controlled by the parties to the joint venture - where the joint venture cannot proceed - alleged…
Judge: Yates J - 26 Sep 2023:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2023] FCA 1150
CORPORATIONS - provision of financial services - regulatory proceedings - proceedings brought concerning contraventions of s 12DB of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) and s 47 of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth) - false or misleading representations concerning the price of cash advances made…
Judge: Beach J - 26 Sep 2023:
Lantrak Holdings Pty Ltd v Yammine [2023] FCAFC 156
CONSUMER LAW - whether primary judge erred in finding respondents had proved words spoken with a sufficient degree of precision to enable Court to be satisfied they were misleading - where promise made to "honour the deal" or pay "the balance" between non-binding heads of agreement and sale agreement did not specify sum of balance - pleaded…
Judge: Lee, Button and Jackman JJ
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)
Form & Rules
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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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