Blue Mountain Productions CC and Another v Minister of Police (19714/2014)
Blue Mountain Productions CC and Another v Minister of Police (19714/2014) [2020] ZAWCHC 104; [2020] 4 All SA 401 (WCC) (7 September 2020)
The court found that the protest action was unprecedented, unlawful, and spread across a vast area, severely stretching police resources. The police's primary duty was to protect life, not property, and they were not responsible for guarding individual premises unless designated as key-points. The plaintiffs were indemnified for their losses by riot insurance, and the evidence did not establish that the police's conduct or omission was the factual or legal cause of the plaintiffs' losses. The destruction of the plaintiffs' properties occurred during sporadic criminal activity, not in the pres…
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- Negligent Omission
- Duty Of Care
- Vicarious Liability
- Pure Economic Loss
- Wrongfulness
- Riot And Unrest Insurance