SkyCity Adelaide Pty Ltd v. Treasurer of South Australia & Anor
Case No.
Case no A10/2024
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
22/02/2024 Supreme Court of South Australia (Livesey P, Lovell & Bleby JJA)
Catchwords
Statutes – Interpretation – Principles – Taking into account ordinary meaning of defined term in construing definition – Where appellant and respondent entered casino duty agreement ("CDA)" – Where dispute arose regarding correct interpretation of CDA and duty payable in accordance with it – Where master ordered questions of law be reserved for determination by Court of Appeal – Where parties agreed terms of case stated – Where question one of case stated whether "Converted Credits", being electronic gaming credits arising from conversion of loyalty points by appellant's customers, when played by customers, constitutes “amount received by the Licensee during the period for or in respect of consideration for gambling in the Casino premises" within meaning of "gross gambling revenue" within definition in clause 1.1 of operative terms of CDA – Where Court of Appeal answered "Yes" to question one – Whether Court of Appeal erred in answering "Yes" to question one of case stated, on basis concepts of "gross gambling revenue" and "net gambling revenue" in CDA included value of credits wagered on electronic gambling which had their source in loyalty points given to customers by appellant – Whether ordinary meaning of expression being defined, or part of expression, provides part of context that is properly capable of informing interpretation of words used in definition.
Documents*
06/06/2024 Determination
19/06/2024 Notice of appeal
18/07/2024 Written submissions (Appellant)
18/07/2024 Chronology (Appellant)
08/08/2024 Written submissions (Respondent)
15/08/2024 Reply
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