Durban businessman Schabir Shaik's application for leave to appeal against his fraud and corruption conviction and 15 year jail sentence will be argued in the city's High Court next Tuesday.

"It could take ten minutes or two days," Shaik's attorney, Reeves Parsee, said.

Parsee said he and advocate Francois van Zyl, SC, would have to convince judge Hillary Squires that "another court might possibly come to another decision" regarding Shaik.

He said Shaik would be in court and that the defence had already filed its papers regarding the application.

Prosecutor Billy Downer, SC, said, "They have to convince the judge that he erred and we will say why we think he was correct."

In June the court found that Shaik and former deputy president Jacob Zuma had a "generally corrupt" relationship.

Shaik, a long-standing friend of Zuma's, acted as his financial advisor and all charges against him involved or were related to Zuma.

Zuma was subsequently sacked by President Thabo Mbeki and charged with corruption. His trial gets underway in October.

With acknowledgements to Sapa and the Business Day.