Essack and Another v Sun International South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others (2020/23294)
Essack and Another v Sun International South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others (2020/23294) [2022] ZAGPJHC 353; 2022 (6) SA 221 (GJ) (24 May 2022)
The court held that the duties imposed by the North West Gambling Regulations, specifically regulations 22 and 23, are owed to society through the State and do not confer a civil remedy on excluded persons who breach their own exclusion. The regulatory framework is designed to protect the community, not to insure individual gamblers against their losses. The first plaintiff, having voluntarily excluded himself and then chosen to gamble, is the author of his own misfortune. The pleadings do not establish knowledge on the part of the first defendant of the first plaintiff's identity as an exclu…
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- Exception Procedure
- Statutory Duty
- Aquilian Liability
- Excluded Persons
- Casino Regulation
- Pure Economic Loss