Lepionka wins another legal round in Hawke’s Bay land spat

Lepionka wins another legal round in Hawke’s Bay land spat
Victoria Young
By Victoria Young Sept. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Juice magnate Stefan Lepionka and his related interests have won another legal battle relating to a trophy property in Hawke's Bay.  Charlie's co-founder Lepionka and developer Garth Paterson have been fighting since 2015 when Paterson’s former company GLW Group took action over the 24-hectare riverside property.  Lepionka’s entities had paid GLW for several planned sections on the estate but the situation got tricky when GLW defaulted on its $2.6 million mortgage and Lepionka bought the debt...

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