MRL3701/101/3/2021
Tutorial Letter 101/3/2021
Insolvency Law
MRL3701
Semesters 1 and 2
Department of Mercantile Law
This tutorial letter contains important information
about your module.
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, CONTENTS
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1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES .......................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Purpose .............................................................................................................................................. 3
2.2 Outcomes........................................................................................................................................... 4
3 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS ...................................................................................... 4
3.1 Lecturer(s).......................................................................................................................................... 4
3.2 Department ........................................................................................................................................ 4
3.3 University ........................................................................................................................................... 5
4 RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................... 5
4.1 Prescribed books ............................................................................................................................... 5
4.2 Recommended books ........................................................................................................................ 8
4.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ....................................................................................................... 8
4.4 Library services and resources information ...................................................................................... 8
5 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES .................................................................................................... 9
6 STUDY PLAN .................................................................................................................................. 10
7 PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING ..................................................... 11
8 ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................................ 11
8.1 Assessment criteria ......................................................................................................................... 11
8.2 Assessment plan ............................................................................................................................. 11
8.3 Assignment numbers ....................................................................................................................... 15
8.3.1 General assignment numbers ......................................................................................................... 15
8.3.2 Unique assignment numbers ........................................................................................................... 15
8.4 Assignment due dates ..................................................................................................................... 15
8.5 Submission of assignments ............................................................................................................. 14
8.6 The assignments ............................................................................................................................. 16
8.7 Other assessment methods............................................................................................................. 17
8.8 The examination .............................................................................................................................. 17
9 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ............................................................................................ 19
10 IN CLOSING .................................................................................................................................... 18
11 ADDENDUM CONTAINING THE ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS ................................................... 19
12 ADDENDUM CONTAINING STUDY UNITS 22-24 ........................................................................ 27
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, MRL3701/101/3/2018
Dear Student,
1 INTRODUCTION
We are pleased to welcome you to this undergraduate module in insolvency law, and hope that
you will find it both interesting and rewarding. We will do our best to make your study of this
module successful. You will be well on your way to success if you start studying early in the
semester and resolve to do the assignments properly.
This tutorial letter contains important information about this course. We urge you to read it
carefully and to keep it at hand when working through the study material, preparing the
assignments, preparing for the examination and addressing questions to your lecturers.
In this tutorial letter, you will find the assignments for both semesters and instructions on the
preparation and submission of the assignments.
This tutorial letter also provides all the information you need with regard to the prescribed study
material and how to obtain it. Please study this information carefully and make sure that you
obtain the prescribed material as soon as possible.
We have also included certain general and administrative information about this module. Please
study this section of the tutorial letter carefully.
Right from the start we would like to point out that you must read all the tutorial letters you
receive during the semester immediately and carefully, because they always contain important
and, sometimes, urgent information.
You must be registered on myUnisa to be able to submit your assignments online, gain access
to the library functions and various learning resources, to “chat” to your lecturers and fellow
students about your studies and the challenges that you may encounter, and to participate in
online discussion forums on myUnisa. Most important, however, is the fact that all the learning
units for the module are available on myUnisa, and you will only be able to access the online
study material for this module if you have registered on and have access to myUnisa. Please
visit the MRL3701 module sites on myUnisa often. The module site for the first semester is
MRL3701-18-S1, and the module site for the second semester is MRL3701-18-S2. To access
myUnisa, follow this link: https://my.unisa.ac.za and login with your student number and
password. You will see MRL3701-18-S1 and MRL3701-18-S2 in the row of modules in the grey
blocks across the top of the web page. Click on the module you want to access.
Further, please activate your myLife e-mail address, as we will send all official correspondence
about this module to your myLife address, and not your private e-mail address. Please consult
the booklet STUDY@UNISA for more information about activating your myLife e-mail address
and accessing the MRL3701 module site on myUnisa.
We hope that you will enjoy this module and we wish you all the best!
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES
2.1 Purpose
This module, Insolvency Law (MRL3701), is a third-level module dealing with the law of
insolvency (voluntary surrender and compulsory sequestration), and with the liquidation
(winding-up) and business rescue of companies and close corporations. Furthermore, this
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, module is aimed at teaching insolvency law that is aligned with South African transformative
Constitutional principles of Africanisation and Ubuntu.
2.2 Outcomes
Learning outcomes for this module are found in your study guide, which will be sent to you.
You will notice that we have included learning outcomes for each study unit. The learning
outcomes at the beginning of each study unit indicate what competence you should be able to
demonstrate at the end of this learning experience. We expect you to achieve the learning
outcomes. You should be able to achieve these outcomes if you work through the study
material by following the guidelines and doing the activities in your study guide.
You will also find an application learning outcome as the last outcome in each unit. This learning
outcome is a standard feature that will remind you that you need to be able to apply your
knowledge in order to carry out the activities and to answer the self-test questions in the
particular study unit.
3 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS
3.1 Lecturer(s)
The lecturers responsible for this course are:
Name: Prof RG Evans
Building and office number: Cas van Vuuren Building 6-105
E-mail address:
Telephone number: 012 429 8439
Name: Ms Z Mabe
Building and office number: Cas van Vuuren Building 4-101
E-mail address:
Telephone number: 012 429 4569
Name: Ms Z Taljaard
Building and office number: Cas van Vuuren Building 6-53
E-mail address:
Telephone number: 012 429 4584
3.2 Department
Letters should be sent to:
The Module Leader (MRL3701 – Insolvency Law)
Department of Mercantile Law
PO Box 392
UNISA 0003
Fax number: 012 – 429 3343
PLEASE NOTE:
Letters to lecturers may not be enclosed with or inserted into assignments.
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Tutorial Letter 101/3/2021
Insolvency Law
MRL3701
Semesters 1 and 2
Department of Mercantile Law
This tutorial letter contains important information
about your module.
BARCODE
Open Rubric
, CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES .......................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Purpose .............................................................................................................................................. 3
2.2 Outcomes........................................................................................................................................... 4
3 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS ...................................................................................... 4
3.1 Lecturer(s).......................................................................................................................................... 4
3.2 Department ........................................................................................................................................ 4
3.3 University ........................................................................................................................................... 5
4 RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................... 5
4.1 Prescribed books ............................................................................................................................... 5
4.2 Recommended books ........................................................................................................................ 8
4.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ....................................................................................................... 8
4.4 Library services and resources information ...................................................................................... 8
5 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES .................................................................................................... 9
6 STUDY PLAN .................................................................................................................................. 10
7 PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING ..................................................... 11
8 ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................................ 11
8.1 Assessment criteria ......................................................................................................................... 11
8.2 Assessment plan ............................................................................................................................. 11
8.3 Assignment numbers ....................................................................................................................... 15
8.3.1 General assignment numbers ......................................................................................................... 15
8.3.2 Unique assignment numbers ........................................................................................................... 15
8.4 Assignment due dates ..................................................................................................................... 15
8.5 Submission of assignments ............................................................................................................. 14
8.6 The assignments ............................................................................................................................. 16
8.7 Other assessment methods............................................................................................................. 17
8.8 The examination .............................................................................................................................. 17
9 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ............................................................................................ 19
10 IN CLOSING .................................................................................................................................... 18
11 ADDENDUM CONTAINING THE ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS ................................................... 19
12 ADDENDUM CONTAINING STUDY UNITS 22-24 ........................................................................ 27
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, MRL3701/101/3/2018
Dear Student,
1 INTRODUCTION
We are pleased to welcome you to this undergraduate module in insolvency law, and hope that
you will find it both interesting and rewarding. We will do our best to make your study of this
module successful. You will be well on your way to success if you start studying early in the
semester and resolve to do the assignments properly.
This tutorial letter contains important information about this course. We urge you to read it
carefully and to keep it at hand when working through the study material, preparing the
assignments, preparing for the examination and addressing questions to your lecturers.
In this tutorial letter, you will find the assignments for both semesters and instructions on the
preparation and submission of the assignments.
This tutorial letter also provides all the information you need with regard to the prescribed study
material and how to obtain it. Please study this information carefully and make sure that you
obtain the prescribed material as soon as possible.
We have also included certain general and administrative information about this module. Please
study this section of the tutorial letter carefully.
Right from the start we would like to point out that you must read all the tutorial letters you
receive during the semester immediately and carefully, because they always contain important
and, sometimes, urgent information.
You must be registered on myUnisa to be able to submit your assignments online, gain access
to the library functions and various learning resources, to “chat” to your lecturers and fellow
students about your studies and the challenges that you may encounter, and to participate in
online discussion forums on myUnisa. Most important, however, is the fact that all the learning
units for the module are available on myUnisa, and you will only be able to access the online
study material for this module if you have registered on and have access to myUnisa. Please
visit the MRL3701 module sites on myUnisa often. The module site for the first semester is
MRL3701-18-S1, and the module site for the second semester is MRL3701-18-S2. To access
myUnisa, follow this link: https://my.unisa.ac.za and login with your student number and
password. You will see MRL3701-18-S1 and MRL3701-18-S2 in the row of modules in the grey
blocks across the top of the web page. Click on the module you want to access.
Further, please activate your myLife e-mail address, as we will send all official correspondence
about this module to your myLife address, and not your private e-mail address. Please consult
the booklet STUDY@UNISA for more information about activating your myLife e-mail address
and accessing the MRL3701 module site on myUnisa.
We hope that you will enjoy this module and we wish you all the best!
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES
2.1 Purpose
This module, Insolvency Law (MRL3701), is a third-level module dealing with the law of
insolvency (voluntary surrender and compulsory sequestration), and with the liquidation
(winding-up) and business rescue of companies and close corporations. Furthermore, this
3
, module is aimed at teaching insolvency law that is aligned with South African transformative
Constitutional principles of Africanisation and Ubuntu.
2.2 Outcomes
Learning outcomes for this module are found in your study guide, which will be sent to you.
You will notice that we have included learning outcomes for each study unit. The learning
outcomes at the beginning of each study unit indicate what competence you should be able to
demonstrate at the end of this learning experience. We expect you to achieve the learning
outcomes. You should be able to achieve these outcomes if you work through the study
material by following the guidelines and doing the activities in your study guide.
You will also find an application learning outcome as the last outcome in each unit. This learning
outcome is a standard feature that will remind you that you need to be able to apply your
knowledge in order to carry out the activities and to answer the self-test questions in the
particular study unit.
3 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS
3.1 Lecturer(s)
The lecturers responsible for this course are:
Name: Prof RG Evans
Building and office number: Cas van Vuuren Building 6-105
E-mail address:
Telephone number: 012 429 8439
Name: Ms Z Mabe
Building and office number: Cas van Vuuren Building 4-101
E-mail address:
Telephone number: 012 429 4569
Name: Ms Z Taljaard
Building and office number: Cas van Vuuren Building 6-53
E-mail address:
Telephone number: 012 429 4584
3.2 Department
Letters should be sent to:
The Module Leader (MRL3701 – Insolvency Law)
Department of Mercantile Law
PO Box 392
UNISA 0003
Fax number: 012 – 429 3343
PLEASE NOTE:
Letters to lecturers may not be enclosed with or inserted into assignments.
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