Wraypex Pty Ltd v Barnes and others
7 December 2010
Court: North Gauteng High Court
Case Number or Citation: 30729/05, 30730/05, 32648/05, 32649/05
Date of judgement: 6 December 2010 and 9 February 2011
Judge/s: Sapire, J.
Type of application: Damages
Legislation considered: National Environmental Management Act, 1998
Also known as: Wraypex case
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- Summons, Particulars of Claim, and Defendant’s Plea: Barnes
- Summons, Particulars of Claim, and Defendant’s Plea: Essberger
- Summons, Particulars of Claim, and Defendant’s Plea: Duigan
- Summons, Particulars of Claim, and Defendant’s Plea: Gaylard
- Plaintiff’s Heads of Argument
- Defendants’ Heads of Argument
- Plaintiff’s Notice of Appeal
For media coverage of this case, see:
- Developers are “bullies”, The Citizen, 20 November 2010
- Activists get ‘Slapped’, The Mail & Guardian, 12 November 2010
- Golf estate developer sues opposing neighbours for defamation, IOL, 02 November 2010
- Judge lashes out at developer suing green lobbyists, The Mail & Guardian, 6 December 2010
- Hostile developer slapped down in court ruling, Cape Times, 7 December 2010
- Developer loses bid to sue activists for R170m, Business Day, 7 December 2010
- Judge gives developer R1m slap(p), The Mail & Guardian, 11 February 2011
- Developers warned on using courts to silence critics, Business Day, 18 February 2011