ManukaMed's Denis Watson fails in appeal over property deal

ManukaMed's Denis Watson fails in appeal over property deal
Denis Watson tried to buy at 1 Edwin Feist Place, Masterton. (Image: Supplied)
Riley Kennedy
ManukaMed owner Denis Watson has failed in his attempt to appeal a high court ruling over a property settlement he didn't comply with.The proceedings came about after Watson put in an offer to buy a property for $1.7 million in November 2019 from Masterton Investments Ltd (MIL) – a company owned by Rohan and Simon Salisbury. The pair, who live in Australia, put the property at 1 Edwin Feist Place on the market a few months earlier with their company’s operations moving away from the Wairarapa town.Watson owned and ran...

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