---
title: "First case management hearing: costs disclosure and readiness note (Federal Court class action)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings/first-case-management-readiness-note"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a7-first-case-management-readiness-note"
area_id: "A7"
kind: "memo"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A7-D20261018-3", "A7-D20261018-4"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# First case management hearing: costs disclosure and readiness note (Federal Court class action)

> Note for the first case management hearing under the Class Actions Practice Note: confidential costs disclosure, the funding notice, and the issues the Court expects the parties to address.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings/first-case-management-readiness-note  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Memo. An internal or advice memo.
- Practice area: [Class Actions / Representative Proceedings](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use as soon as a Part IVA proceeding is filed, and again seven days before the first case management hearing. The hearing is ordinarily within four weeks of filing.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check costs and funding disclosure against the practice note before the first hearing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/check-costs-and-funding-disclosure-against-the-practice-note-before-the.md)
- [Prepare the respondent’s readiness note for the first case management hearing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/class-actions-representative-proceedings/prepare-the-respondent-s-readiness-note-for-the-first-case-management-he.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may assemble the readiness table from the file and the practice note. The lawyer decides what is disclosed, any objection, and the position taken at the hearing.

**AI may:**

- Build the paragraph 7.8 checklist and mark which rows already have a document on the file
- Compare the costs agreement and any funding agreement against the paragraph 5.9 conflict heading and list gaps
- Calculate the seven-day and four-week dates from the filing date the lawyer supplies

**AI must not:**

- Must not email chambers or file the funding notice
- Must not decide that privilege or prejudice justifies withholding disclosure
- Must not describe the funding commission, the budget or the merits in a document that will be served

**The lawyer checks:**

- Costs and funding agreements are in writing, and class members have been or will be told of legal costs and funding charges in clear terms
- The confidential email to the associate uses the marking in paragraph 6.1, and any objection is raised in writing no later than seven days before the hearing
- The Notice of Disclosure and the funding agreement are filed and served no later than seven days before the hearing, or an objection is on foot
- Counsel briefed in the matter and the lawyer with primary responsibility will attend

## Authorities

- [Federal Court of Australia, Class Actions Practice Note (GPN-CA), 20 December 2019, Parts 5, 6, 7 and 8 (costs and funding disclosure; first case management hearing; competing class actions)](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/law-and-practice/practice-documents/practice-notes/gpn-ca)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/class-actions-representative-proceedings/first-case-management-readiness-note and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*