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The Gunns 20 are a group of forest activists and activist organisations working on Tasmanian forest campaigns who have been litigated against by Gunns Ltd. The Gunns SLAPP suit was first brought against the Gunns 20 in december 2004.

A group called Friends of Forests and Free Speech was set up to help support the 20, morally and financially.

Contents 1 History 2 Defendants 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 1 History

• Gunns brings the case in december 2004

By late 2007^[1]

• Gunns had had their statement of claim thrown out three times, and were ordered to pay the defendants' cost to a total of more that $500,000: more than the total that their statement of claim says they have lost.

The ACT's Legislative Assembly legal affair standing committee recommended legislation against SLAPP suits, in a report with numerous references to the Gunns 20 case.

[edit] 2 Defendants

• the Huon Valley Environment Centre
• The Wilderness Society
• Doctors for Forests
• Alec Marr
• Geoff Law
• Leanne Minshull
• Heidi Douglas
• Adam Burling
• Louise Morris
• Ben Morrow
• Lou Geraghty
• Neal Funnell
• Brian Dimmick
• Dr. Frank Nicklason

Defendants who had their cases dropped in 2007 included

• Bob Brown

[edit] 3 References

1. ↑ Friends of Forests and Free Speech newsletter

[edit] 4 External links

• http://www.gunns20.org