Diary the first meeting of creditors in an administration
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the date the administration began, diary eight business days for the meeting and five business days before the meeting for the notices. Record whether a written notice to creditors and a publication are on the file. Do not decide the outcome of the meeting.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides whether the notices were given to as many creditors as reasonably practicable, whether the publication met the prescribed requirements, and what is put to the meeting.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Do not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Count eight business days from the start of the administration, and five business days back from the meeting date.
- Confirm a notice or a publication is ticked only when the document is on the file.
- Confirm the diary does not describe the prescribed information and does not say the meeting was validly convened.
Sources
- Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) section 436E · 2026-10-22
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.
The appointment notice in section 450A is a separate task. The prescribed information and the prescribed manner are not in section 436E and are not stated. This is not the report to creditors.