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:

8 Feb 2023: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Employsure Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 5
CONSUMER LAW - appeal by regulator against civil penalty imposed by primary judge for manifest inadequacy - where penalty discretion miscarried and may be re-exercised by appellate court - where errors in findings of primary judge - where cases with comparative penalties relevant but not highly useful COSTS - whether costs discretion miscarried -…
Judge: Rares, Stewart and Abraham JJ
7 Feb 2023: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited v State of Victoria, in the matter of Paksoy [2023] FCA 62
BANKRUPTCY - disclaimer of real property by trustees in bankruptcy pursuant to s 133(1) of the Bankruptcy Act 1996 (Cth) - application by mortgagee for vesting of property under s 133(9) for purpose of exercising power of sale - orders for application of sale proceeds and payment of surplus into Court
Judge: O'Bryan J
7 Feb 2023: Sheehy v Nuix Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 56
CORPORATIONS - where applicant was granted options exercisable upon sale of respondent business - where respondent undertook share split pursuant to s 254H of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) - where respondent conducted initial public offering (IPO) - where applicant sought to exercise options after IPO - whether consent judgment…
Judge: Halley J

3 Nov 2022: Independence and apparent bias: Judicial and arbitral confidence: Halliburton v Chubb
Presented at the 2022 Goff Lecture, Sydney and Hong Kong, by Chief Justice Allsop
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).
10 Mar 2021: International Commercial Courts: Next frontier or latest trend?
Delivered at the first session of the Singapore International Commercial Court Symposium 2021, online by Chief Justice Allsop AO.

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)