Language barrier not accepted in Stride restaurant stoush

Language barrier not accepted in Stride restaurant stoush
Portofino sought to file supplementary evidence, clarifying earlier evidence provided to the High Court at Auckland. (Image: Getty Images)
Tom Raynel
The owner of Wellington's Portofino restaurant has tried to claim his English wasn’t good enough in a bid to clarify evidence in a rent stoush with Stride Property.  Stride was the Italian restaurant's landlord, and Portofino claimed it was entitled to a new lease of 12 years from December 2020 or losses of $8.9 million. Portofino Wellington Waterfront Limited claimed an offer for a new lease was emailed, but Stride rejected a claim that it misrepresented the deal. At a hearing on June 12, Portofino sought to file s...

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