Battling - and embattled - farmer Allan Crafar has lost his bid to strike out eviction proceedings brought against him by the receivers of his family farming business.Mr Crafar, who represented himself, signalled to the National Business Review yesterday
Battling - and embattled - farmer Allan Crafar has lost his bid to strike out eviction proceedings brought against him by the receivers of his family farming business.
Mr Crafar, who represented himself, signalled to the National Business Review yesterday he would argue the 500-year-old precedent of peppercorn rentals to stymie KordaMentha's moves.
The lawyer acting for KordaMentha, Mark Sandelin, said: "Mr Crafar's application to strike out the receivers' proceedings was dismissed, and the receivers have been told they are entitled to proceed with their case."
The receivers went to the High Court at Rotorua to have the family removed from their property, where Mr Crafar claimed the family had signed a "lifetime" lease agreement with their company Plateau Farms in 2006.
Associate Judge Anthony Christiansen indicated the Crafar application lacked merit, Mr Sandelin said.
He said timeframes had not been set for hearing other aspects of the case involving seeking orders for the filing of further documents, discovery and inspections.
However a telephone conference has been set down for April 23 next year.
