A meeting of the members of a company (or their proxies or body corporate representatives) held for the purpose of considering and voting on particular important decisions regarding the company's business and operations. The term can refer to a non-routine meeting of a company called for a specific purpose or an annual general meeting. A general meeting may be called by the directors of the company or requisitioned by a certain number of the members.

For information about general meetings and issues to be considered when drafting a notice of general meeting, see Practice notes, General meetings and Notices of general meeting.

For a standard form notice of general meeting for use by proprietary companies and unlisted public companies, see Standard document, Notice of general meeting (in-person, hybrid or entirely virtual meeting).

For a guide to Practical Law's resources relating to general meetings and members' resolutions, see Toolkit, General meetings and members' resolutions.