Bad Debt and Debt Collection – Private Schools

Are you finding it more and more difficult to collect school fees? Know your rights!

A recent post on IOL stated that a judge has once again made it clear that the courts cannot force a private school to continue to teach a learner when the child’s school fees are in arrears.

COVID 19 has placed tremendous financial strain on schools and parents alike. Parents are facing salary reductions and/or retrenchment and this has a direct effect on their ability to pay school fees. What is best practice when dealing with non-payment? 

Join our legal expert, Angus Bailie, on this informative webinar where he will offer practical and easy to follow tips on how to keep a tight ship.

Angus will cover the following:

• Can we list the parents with credit bureaus?
• Can we issue summons without an exemption application being determined?
• What are the requirements to obtain judgment against an errant parent?
• Do we have to sue both parents or can we be selective?
• Can we withhold services if the parent is not paying school fees and if so what services?

MORE ABOUT ANGUS:

We love doing webinars with Angus. He has a wealth of knowledge that he generously shares this with attendees. This coupled with his dry sense of humour make Angus’ webinars both highly valuable, informative and entertaining. Angus is an admitted attorney with over 20 years’ experience, 10 of which have been in his own law firm. Angus’s experience includes being appointed as an Acting Judge in the Labour Court in 2017. He has lectured part-time for the faculties of Law and Science at Pearson Institute and the faculty of Law for the University of the Free State and is a SETA accredited facilitator and trainer.