Trial over Auckland Trotting Club's apartment complex moved to 2025

Trial over Auckland Trotting Club's apartment complex moved to 2025
The finished apartments at Alexandra Park. (Image: Crockers)
Riley Kennedy
The long-running dispute over the large apartment complex at Auckland’s harness racing venue won’t go to trial for another two years.It comes after Justice Ian Gault allowed the five-week trial to be pushed out by eight months due to a “scheduling conflict” with the defence’s counsel.The trial was originally due to start in October of next year, however, it has now been pushed out until June 2025.The disputeIt involves the large apartment development Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) undertook at Alexandra Park in the s...

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