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Commercial Disputes AU
Law360 ® Australia Commercial Disputes is a dedicated news and analysis service providing real-time intelligence on the cases and legal developments shaping the Australian business landscape.
Our team of expert reporters delivers essential coverage of high-stakes corporate litigation, arbitration, and regulatory disputes across federal, state and territory courts. We go beyond the headlines to provide practitioners with the interlocutory updates, expert analysis, and procedural insights necessary to navigate a complex and rapidly evolving dispute resolution environment.
Designed specifically for barristers, solicitors specialising in litigation and arbitration, and in-house disputes teams, Law360 Australia Commercial Disputes offers a comprehensive view of the lifecycle of a dispute—from funding and commencement of proceedings to final judgment and enforcement.
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Latest News in Commercial Disputes AU
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September 14, 2026
Grand Prix Corp. Can't Escape $2.8M Axed Concert Award
A Victorian Court of Appeal panel refused Monday to revisit a ruling that the Australian Formula 1 grand prix operator owed a concert promoter $2.8 million for a Robbie Williams concert cancelled shortly before the 2020 Australian Grand Prix amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the operator wrongly based its appeal on an argument it hadn't raised at trial.
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September 14, 2026
Ashurst Adds HSF Kramer Lawyer To Private Capital Team
Ashurst Perkins Coie has lured Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer special counsel Ben Plotnik as a Melbourne-based partner in its corporate practice team.
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September 13, 2026
Ashurst Guides Healthscope Sale To Calvary-Led Group
The lenders of indebted private hospital operator Healthscope have sold its remaining assets to a group of hospital and healthcare operators led by Calvary Health Care, with law firm Ashurst Perkins Coie advising Healthscope's receivers.
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September 14, 2026
Judge Adopts Class' Questions In JB Hi-Fi Warranty Case
A Victorian Supreme Court judge has sided with plaintiffs in a class action over how to characterise key questions in an upcoming trial against retailer JB Hi-Fi that alleges misleading or deceptive conduct in the sale of extended warranties for consumer goods.
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September 14, 2026
ACCC Makes Realestate.com Scrap Agent All-In Listing Rule
REA Group, owner of Australia's largest online residential real estate listing portal realestate.com.au, has agreed to remove contract restrictions requiring agencies to list all or most of their properties on the platform as part of court-enforceable undertaking by the ACCC over competition concerns.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Major commercial proceedings involving companies, directors, shareholders and other business parties, from the filing of a claim through judgment and appeal.
- CLASS ACTIONS
- Representative proceedings involving companies in Australia, including significant developments concerning group membership, competing proceedings, liability, settlement and damages.
- COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
- Domestic and international arbitration involving Australian parties, assets or seats, as well as court proceedings arising from arbitral disputes.
- LITIGATION FUNDING
- Funding arrangements and disputes, regulatory developments and decisions affecting the role of litigation funders.
- JUDGMENTS AND ENFORCEMENT
- The recognition and enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards, including asset recovery, freezing orders and cross-border enforcement.
- COURT PROCEDURE
- Developments involving pleadings, discovery, evidence, privilege, costs, interlocutory relief and court rules affecting commercial disputes.
- ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- Significant developments involving mediation, expert determination and other methods of resolving business disputes outside the courtroom.
Readership
- Barristers practising in commercial litigation and arbitration
- Solicitors specialising in litigation and dispute resolution at leading Australian law firms
- In-house disputes teams and corporate counsel
- Litigation funders and their advisers
- Information professionals at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Judges and court staff
- Solicitor and law firm marketing professionals