Developer Tony Gapes appealing 'double jeopardy' decision

Developer Tony Gapes appealing 'double jeopardy' decision
Tony Gapes is fighting legal claims. (Image/Norrie Montgomery)
Victoria Young
Property developer Tony Gapes is appealing a high court judgment ordering him to pay more than $380,000 to a civil contractor for an Auckland development.The case has been described by lawyers at Bell Gully as a potential “double jeopardy” because Gapes had breached the Companies Act and the Fair Trading Act.The court of appeal confirmed it will hear the case between Gapes and civil contractor Dempsey Wood in October.According to the high court decision in October last year, Gapes’ Redwood Group bought land for a residential d...

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