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Manuka Doctor owner overturns UK costs order

The court found that despite Matthew Pringle’s ‘shameful and deceitful’ behaviour towards Liv Nervo, his legal conduct did not meet the threshold for a costs order.

Liv Nervo and Matthew Pringle. Photo credit: The Good Law Project.

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Wealthy New Zealand businessman Matthew Pringle has overturned a costs order in a UK court linked to a long-running legal dispute with an Australian DJ he tricked into getting pregnant.

Pringle is the son of Lynette Erceg, whose late husband Michael Erceg was behind Independent Liquor, which was

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Nicholas Pointon Tue, 17 Mar 2026
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