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:

12 Aug 2020: Wong (Trustee), in the matter of Mackellar (Bankrupt) v Mackellar [2020] FCA 1151
BANKRUPTCY - application for recognition of a foreign proceeding as a foreign main proceeding or foreign non-main proceeding pursuant to the Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2008 (Cth) and the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law - Hong Kong proceedings - respondent filed no evidence in…
Judge: Derrington J
11 Aug 2020: Quinn v O'Rourke, in the matter of O'Rourke (No 2) [2020] FCA 1156
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY - application for sequestration order - where respondent contends that service of bankruptcy notice not effected - where service effected to last known address and/or email address - application for sequestration order granted
Judge: Gleeson J
11 Aug 2020: Auken Animal Husbandry Pty Ltd v 3RD Solution Investment Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1153
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - where eight of the applicant's witnesses are resident in China - where travel from China is prevented due to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic - whether in the interests of the administration of justice to allow evidence to be given by overseas witnesses through video link - whether Chinese Civil Procedure Law prevents witnesses giving…
Judge: Stewart J

12 Nov 2019: Statutes and Equity
Paper presented at the Kenneth Sutton Lecture, by Chief Justice Allsop.
30 Oct 2019: AILA National Conference 2019 - Opening Address
Presented at the AILA National Conference, Hobart, by Chief Justice Allsop.
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?'

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.