Wrypex (Pty) Ltd v Barnes and others
6 December 2010
High Court of the Republic of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria
Cases Nos 30729/05, 30730/05, 32648/05, 32649/05
Date: 6 December 2010
Judge: Sapire AJ
In this matter, Wrypex (Pty) Ltd (Wrypex) instituted four actions in which it claimed damages in prodigious amounts from four separate individuals. Wrypex alleged that the defendants published defamatory statements about it in their written objections to Wrypex’s proposed township development to organs of state.
The claim was dismissed with costs and Wrypex was ordered to pay the defendants’ costs on an attorney and client basis.
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