About this course and what the programme includes

The main aim of this course is to give support staff the skills and confidence to do debt collection without the legal practitioners/managers having to dictate every step of the process. Participants will be taught the debt collection process in chronological order. Priority will be given to enable participants to complete debt collection documents independently.

Course content

Various steps in collecting debt | How to engage with a debtor that is under debt counselling | Writing a letter of demand | Functions of the clerk of the court and the sheriff | Manners in which a sheriff may serve a pleading/document | Abandonment of part of a claim | Amending a summons before and after service | Requirements for summons and particulars of claim. The prescription of a summons | Understanding jurisdiction, knowing in which court to issue summons | The defendant’s options upon receipt of a summons |  Provisional sentence summons | Helping a debtor complete an acknowledgement of debt, as well as a s 57 and 58 consent to judgment | The purpose and consequences of s 57 and 58 | When to apply for default judgment, how to complete the application, and which annexures to attach | Explaining the consequences of a default judgment | Possibilities to collect the outstanding amount after default judgment has been granted | Considering which of the above possibilities to use | The purpose of a warrant of execution, time limit and process after attachment | Understanding interpleader claims | Completing a warrant of execution for movable property, requesting immediate removal, and when can immovable property be attached | Recent developments regarding attachment and sale of immovable property | The purpose of s 65A proceedings, when to draft a s 65A(2) letter, and when to proceed with a section 65A(1) notice |  Explaining the consequences of ignoring the s 65A(1) notice and completing a notice to appear in terms of s 65A(1) | Warrant of arrest  | Purpose and content of an emolument attachment order, and when emolument attachment orders may be granted and issued | Calculating collection commissions and outstanding balances.

What previous students said

•    It covered practical issues which will greatly assist in my practice.
•    Well compiled reading material, presenter spoke well.
•    Awesome course, my very first with LEAD. Certainly NOT the last.
•    Quick and efficient course
•    This was a great, pragmatic, and helpful course with a resourceful presenter. Thank you LEAD!
•    Interesting for a non-legal person. I am a business man who wanted to know more

Presenter
Gerald Maree is an attorney with his own firm specialising in debt collection, criminal and labour law. He has been lecturing Debt Collection for LEAD for the past couple of years and is highly rated by the participants. He was also a senior lecturer and trained paralegal students in Debt Collection, Civil Litigation, Criminal-, Labour- and Business Law.

Practising legal and candidate practitioners. Legal support staff as well as debt collectors and their staff will benefit from this training.

Registration fee categories (including VAT):

•    Practising legal practitioners and other staff from legal firms: R 1 650 per person.
•    Non-practising legal practitioners/others: R 2 500 per person.

Kindly note that registrations are done online. For certification purposes, participants should register individually, using their own email address. This will enable the system to generate a unique username and password for each person.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

E-mail: Yolanda@LSSALEAD.org.za  | Tel No 012 4414652

·         The LSSA will not accept liability if the fees are not paid into the designated LSSA bank account.

·         The course is conducted in English only.

·         The course will be delivered through MS TEAMS. Please ensure that you have MS TEAMS installed on your computer prior to the commencement of the course.

·         You will receive the material as well as the link to the course via email, +-24 hours before commencement of the course.  If you do not receive the said email, look in your junk mail folder. If it is not there, contact Yolanda Singh on yolanda@LSSALEAD.org.za

·         No cancellations will be accepted after the course material and link have been shared. Participants who do not cancel timeously and/or fail to attend the course will forfeit the amount paid towards this course.

·         Should you need to cancel your registration, you need to do so in writing before the course link and material are shared. No cancelation will be accepted after it has been made available and failure to comply with this will result in the full fee being charged.

·         LEAD might record the course for QA purposes. According to Company policy and copyright protection, recordings or the PowerPoint presentation will not be made available after the course.

·         LSSA/LEAD shall have the right in its sole discretion to postpone or cancel tuition in any programme initially advertised and offered based on insufficient demand. Should LSSA/LEAD cancel the proposed training, registered delegates will be given reasonable notice of the cancellation and all fees paid by the delegate will be refunded.

LEAD is one of the largest providers of legal and professional education in South Africa and has been accredited as a legal education provider by the Legal Practice Council. LEAD provides access to quality learning that is relevant, accessible and affordable. LEAD offers an extensive range of learning activities and training options.