Chuang Yi Trading (Edms) Bpk v Vrystaat Dobbel en Drankowerheid and Another; Gallery on Leviseur (Edms) Bk v Vrystaat Dobbel en Drankowerheid and Another; Mdi v Free State Gambling and Liquor Authority and Another (4464/2015, 203/2016, 1814/2015) [2016] ZAFSHC 92 (5 May 2016)

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Administrative Law

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Administrative Law — Regulatory Authority — Conduct of Board Members — Applicants sought an order de bonis propriis against members of the Free State Gambling and Liquor Board for alleged contempt of court. The Chairperson submitted an affidavit explaining that the Board's actions were based on a misunderstanding of their statutory duties and not intended to defy the court. The court accepted the explanation provided. — The first respondent was ordered to pay the costs of the applications on the scale as between attorney and client.

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Chuang Yi Trading (Edms) Bpk v Vrystaat Dobbel en Drankowerheid and Another; Gallery on Leviseur (Edms) Bk v Vrystaat Dobbel en Drankowerheid and Another; Mdi v Free State Gambling and Liquor Authority and Another (4464/2015, 203/2016, 1814/2015) [2016] ZAFSHC 92 (5 May 2016)

FREE
STATE HIGH COURT, BLOEMFONTEIN
REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRI CA
Case
No. : 4464/2015
In
the matters between:-
CHUANG
YI
TRAD
I
NG
(EDMS)
BPK
Applicant
and
VRYSTAAT
DOBBEL
EN
DRANKOWERHEID
1
st
Respondent
DIE
VOORSITTER VAN DIE VRYSTAAT
DOBBEL
EN
DRANKOWERHEID
2
nd
Respondent
Case
No. : 203/2016
GALLERY
ON
LEVISEUR
CEDMS)
BK
Applicant
and
VRYST
AAT DOBBEL EN DRANKOWERHEID
1
st
Respondent
DIE
VOORSI TTER VAN DIE VRYSTAAT
DOBBEL
EN
DRANKOWERHEID
2
nd
Respondent
Case
No. : 1814/2015
MTUTUZELI
SIDNEY
MDI
Applicant
and
FREE
STATE GAMBLING & LIQUOR
AUTHORITY
1
st
Respondent
THE
CHAIRPERSON OF THE FREE STATE
GAMBLING
& LIQUOR
AUTHORITY
2
nd
Respondent
ORDER:
COSTS
JUDGMENT
BY
KRUGER, J
DELIVERED
ON:
5 MAY 2016
[1]
In the judgment of 21 April 2016 the members of the Free State
Gambling and Liquor Board were granted leave to place evidence
under
oath before the court why an order
de bonis propriis
should
not be made against them. A detailed affidavit by second respondent,
the Chairperson of the Board, has now been placed before
me. In that
affidavit the second respondent explains that the administration
staff misconceived their statutory duties and did
not convey their
lack of understanding to the members of the Board. He explains that
the Board did not intend to act in defiance
of the court. He is at
pains to explain that the conduct of the Board Members, Secretariat
and Legal Department was not ma/a
tides.
[2]
I accept the explanation by the second respondent given on behalf of
the Board.
ORDER
In
all three cases the first respondent is ordered to pay the costs of
the applications on the scale as between attorney and client.
___________________
A.
KRUGER, J
On
behalf of Applicants:
Adv L le R Pohl SC
Instructed by:
Honey Attorneys
BLOEMFONTEIN
On
behalf of
1
st
& 2
nd
Respondents:
Adv ABG Choudree
Instructed by:
Matsepes Inc.
BLOEMFONTEIN
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