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Delict [2025] ZAGPPHC 705

Barnard and Another v Minister of Environmental Affairs and Others (9952/2019)

Barnard and Another v Minister of Environmental Affairs and Others (9952/2019) [2025] ZAGPPHC 705 (14 July 2025)

Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
9952/2019
Judge
Nicholson

The High Court held the State liable after a Working for Water herbicide treatment contaminated irrigation water and damaged crops on a Limpopo farm.

  • Contamination Of Property
  • Wrongful And Negligent Conduct
  • Duty Of Care
  • Off Label Herbicide Application
  • Statutory Liability
  • Contributory Negligence
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