# The Insolvency Rules 1986, Rule 4.51-CVL: First meeting of creditors

Extent: E+W

(1) This Rule applies in the case of a meeting of creditors summoned by the liquidator under section 95 (where, in what starts as a members' voluntary winding up, he forms the opinion that the company will be unable to pay its debts) or a meeting under section 98 (first meeting of creditors in a creditors' voluntary winding up).
(2) The notice summoning the meeting shall state the name of the company and the registered number of the company, and specify a venue for the meeting and the time (not earlier than 12.00 hours on the business day before the day fixed for the meeting) by which, and the place at which, creditors must lodge any proxies necessary to entitle them to vote at the meeting.
(3) Where the company is an authorised deposit-taker or a former authorised deposit-taker, additional notices are required by Rule 4.72.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1925/rule/4.51CVL (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-4.51CVL
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