Hotchin's Fiji project back in court

Hotchin's Fiji project back in court
Victoria Young
A court fight over a Hanover Finance-linked resort in Suva will begin this month as a Fijian lender has moved to get its mortgage over the site registered ahead of a company owned by Mark Hotchin. The former principal of Hanover, Hotchin obtained the mortgage when his interests bought it back from Allied Farmers for $1, which Stuff reported in 2014.  The case is being watched by Kiwis who lost their deposits in the Pacific Point resort complex, marketed back in the early 2000s as a “hidden jewel” in Fiji. However, only the earthw...

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