Our Firm

Wrays - Western Australia's largest independent locally based firm, has been providing invaluable expertise and service to its clients since 1920.

The Firm's origins stem back to post-war 1920 when a newly-registered Patent Attorney, Mr. Peter Bonnerup, travelled from Sydney to Perth to establish the firm of P.M. Bonnerup & Co. Mr. Bonnerup practised here until his retirement in 1955 and his practice was at the time the only firm of Patent Attorneys in WA. Mr. Bonnerup encouraged a young Patent Attorney, Mr. Reg Wray, to move from Sydney to join him. In 1959, Reg changed the name of the firm to R.C. Wrays and from then until his retirement single-handedly ran the practice. In the later part of this period, Reg was assisted by John King and Errol Harwood (now Partners in the Firm) when they joined the Firm as professional assistants in 1973, and later by Stephen Krouzecky (also now a Partner) from 1978.

Errol Harwood and John King purchased R.C.Wrays in 1985 on Reg's retirement and Stephen Krouzecky entered the Partnership in 1986. Shortly thereafter the Firm's name was changed to Wrays.

Peter Caporn and Gary Cox joined the partnership in 1997 and Todd Shand became the most recent member to join the partnership, further reflecting the continued growth and strength of the Firm.

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