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:

20 Jan 2020: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trivago N.V. [2020] FCA 16
CONSUMER LAW - misleading or deceptive conduct - where the respondent conducted an online search and price comparison platform for travel accommodation - where the respondent's television advertisements stated that the respondent made it easy "to find the ideal hotel for the best price" - where the website presented prices from a number of…
Judge: Moshinsky J
16 Jan 2020: Swashplate Pty Ltd v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company trading as Liberty International Underwriters [2020] FCA 15
INSURANCE - where helicopter damaged during transit from Mississippi to Sunshine Coast - whether applicant entitled to indemnity for repair costs under Aviation Helicopter Single Transit policy - construction of master slip, placement slip, policy wording and Institute Cargo Clauses A (2009) - effect of Static Cover extension - timing of…
Judge: Allsop CJ
10 Jan 2020: Perera v Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Limited, in the matter of Perera [2020] FCA 11
Judge: Farrell J

19 Oct 2019: Assessing the future: The challenge of running competition cases
Presented by Justice Middleton at the 17th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop, 'Competition law: The penicillin of public policy?'
26 Sep 2019: The intersection of companies and trusts
Paper presented at the Harold Ford Memorial Lecture, by Chief Justice Allsop.
11 Jul 2019: An Australian international commercial court - Not a bad idea or what a bad idea?
Presented at the Australian Bar Association’s Convergence 2019 Conference by Justice Colvin.

Central Practice Note (CPN-1)
Commercial and Corporations Practice Note (C&C-1)
- Schedule 1: General and Personal Insolvency
- Schedule 2: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
- Schedule 3: International Commercial Arbitration
Class Actions Practice Note (GPN-CA)

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)

Specific forms, rules and other information applicable to each of the Sub-areas are set out on the individual Sub-area webpages.