The Court granted a three-month extension of the convening period for the second meeting of creditors in the voluntary administration of the Barbeques Galore group, to allow completion of a concurrent receivership sale process. The Court applied established principles balancing the general expectation of speedy voluntary administration against the desirability of maximising returns to creditors, finding that the extension was justified by the complexity of the group's operations, the inability of administrators to provide meaningful information to creditors before the sale process concluded, and the absence of material prejudice to employees, lessors, or unsecured creditors.
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