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26 May 2012
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Viv’s Tippers (Edms) Bpk v Pha Phama Staff Services (Edms) Bpk h/a Pha Phama Security - 402 KB
 

Summary: Wrongfulness of conduct of security guard in allowing unauthorized removal of truck from site where security provider had contract with owner of site to protect it, but where contract excluded liability for provider's services - held security provider not liable - owed no duty to owner to prevent theft of its truck.

Order:
On appeal from: North Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) (Du Plessis J sitting as court of first instance):

The appeal is dismissed with costs, including those of two counsel.

 

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