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Court name
Supreme Court
Case number
CS 75 of 2017
Counsel for plantiff
Alexandra Benoiton

Gill v The Attorney General and Telecom Seychelles Limited (CS 75 of 2017) [2020] SCSC 387 (03 July 2020);

Media neutral citation
[2020] SCSC 387
Counsel for defendant
Rongmei Lansinglu
Kieran Shah
Headnote and holding:

Delict: where the Government without permission of a landowner builds a road on the land, to the benefit of a license holder under the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Act 2000, such action amounts to a faute in relation to the Government. However, a landowner may not claim a delict against a license holder for damage to their property but must use the Broadcasting and Telecommunication Act 2000 to claim compensation arising from damage to their property by the licensee.

Coram
Pillay, J