About this course
Programme 1: Advanced Programme in Insolvency Litigation and Administration Practice. This course is designed to facilitate your further training and development as a lawyer in the field of insolvency litigation and administration and, to provide you with the tools to specialise in this exciting field of practice, hence a law degree is required. The course covers topics such as sequestration and liquidation applications and their consequences, including post-commencement litigation and the procedure to administer an insolvent estate, as well as the regulatory framework for business rescue, statutory compromises, and related intervening applications. You will also become familiar with the impact of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 on insolvency law and business rescue practice. Apart from its course leader, Professor André Boraine, a specialist in the field, the lectures are presented by acknowledged subject specialists in the field, including practising advocates and attorneys.

Programme 2: Insolvent Estate Practice. This course is designed to provide people who work in an insolvency environment with the required knowledge to incorporate it effectively with the view of dealing with all the aspects of insolvency law and practice, except it does not incorporate civil litigation as such. (For Programme 2 a law degree is not required.)

Both programmes are presented under the auspices of LEAD/LSSA in conjunction with the University of Pretoria (UP). It is presented through distance learning supported by online tutoring. Delegates should therefore be able to connect to e-online platforms.

Programme 1: The Advanced Programme in Insolvency Litigation and Administration Practice.

• Sequestration and liquidation applications
• Procedures for business rescue;
• Statutory compromises;
• Intervening applications;
• Appeals and reviews;
• Rescinding sequestration and liquidation orders;
• Tracing and Recovery of estate assets;
• Obtaining warrants in terms of Section 69 of the Insolvency Act;
• Litigation regarding Unexecuted contracts and Voidable dispositions;
• Rehabilitation applications;
• The impact of the Constitution on Insolvency Law;
• Impact of the Companies Act of 2008 on Insolvency Law and practice, and business rescue;
• Relevant aspects of Insolvency administration, such as like: Rules regarding the application of the proceeds of the free residue;
• The proof of claims;
• Insolvency interrogations;
• Compositions;
• Basic procedures relating to the distribution of proceeds of realised assets and basics of drafting and lodging of liquidation and distribution accounts;
• The payment and collection of contributions by creditors;
• The Review procedures of decisions made by the Master of the High Court; and
• Cross-border insolvency procedures.

Programme 2: Insolvent Estate Practice. This programme covers largely the same content as programme 1 but it does not include the law and practice of insolvency litigation as such. (This programme also provides for people without a formal law qualification.)

Entry requirements

Programme 1: The Advanced Programme in Insolvency Litigation and Administration Practice. Course Prospective delegates should at least have a Bachelor’s degree in law as the programme will be presented on a postgraduate level and is designed for legal practitioners wishing to practice in the field of Insolvency Law.

Programme 2: Insolvent Estate Practice. Preferably any tertiary qualification but post-matric practical experience in the field of commerce or in a legal environment will be considered for enrolment purposes.

Course Leader
André Boraine (professor in insolvency law and legal practitioner and a world-renowned specialist in insolvency) is the course leader and he is assisted by senior legal practitioners and other leading experts specialising in the field of insolvency and business rescue.

Programme 1: The Advanced Programme in Insolvency Litigation and Administration Practice.  Legal practitioners, especially those who wish to specialise in insolvency law. The course is ideal for practicing legal practitioners – both, attorneys and advocates, candidate legal practitioners, non-practising legal practitioners and legal advisers who seek to combine litigious work in insolvency practice as well as aspects of the administration of insolvent estates and business rescue.

Programme 2: Insolvent Estate Practice. This programme is ideal to equip staff including support staff and paralegals working in an insolvency related practice, trust company or financial institution with the essentials of insolvency administration and related aspects.

Mode of delivery?
These programmes will be presented online. Full course material is provided and assessment consists of assignments during the year and written examinations towards the end of November of the year of registration.

Programme 1 and 2:  23 February – 27 November 2026 (9 Months) | Registration date is 20 February 2026

Fee Programme 1: The Advanced Programme in Insolvency Litigation and Administration Practice.  R9 130.00 per person (including all course materials)
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Programme 2: Insolvent Estate Practice. R8 050.00 per person (including all course materials)
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For more information about this course, Contact Pearl Monyebodi at Email: pearl.monyebodi@enterprises.up.ac.za or the client information centre Tel: +27 (0)12 434 2500 Email: info@enterprises.up.ac.za