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Family’s 20-year fight for justice PAULA HULBURT
The daughter of an elderly couple waiting more than a decade for $100,000 compensation has vowed to continue their battle for justice. Melissa Cuff ’s parents, Tom and Jan Harnett, were awarded the money in court-ordered reparations in 2013 following the instal-
lation of faulty tiles. But the owners of Blenheim PMT 2010 Ltd (In Liquidation) Peter and Jeannie Mark, are yet to pay any money. Tom died in 2017 at the age of 78 years old, never having seen a cent of the money owed, Melissa says. Attending the High Court in Blenheim on Monday and Tues-
day, Melissa accompanied her mum, 83, as they sat in the public gallery. Her father was very much in their thoughts, she says. “He was never going to give up and it’s not just about the money now, it’s about the principle; how can this still be going on after 20 years and eight court cases. “They’ve fought this all the way
and are still fighting it.” High Court Judge Justice Jason Scott McHerron heard opening statements on Monday in a case expected to run until Friday. Melissa says her parents were living in Kaikōura when they had floor tiles installed in several rooms of their new-build by a PMT 2010 Ltd (In Liquidation) contractor in 2006.
She says the tiling job was not up to standard and her parents refused to pay the balance of $32,835 until the work was completed properly. Peter Mark, then a co-owner of Peter Mark FloorPride in Blenheim, initiated court proceedings in 2013 after the couple refused to
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