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A costly victory A PORT Macquarie business has been left counting the cost despite winning a lengthy court action against Port MacquarieHastings Council. Craig Pinson, director of Diveva Pty Ltd, which trades as Mid Coast Road Services (MCRS), said the four-year battle for justice has been extremely difficult and ‘has come at great personal and financial cost, straining family relationships’ and called into question his professional reputation. The dispute was centred over the termination of the local company’s contract, by council, after MCRS laid bitumen on a 600m stretch of road at Lake Cathie on Ocean Drive between Miala Street and Houston Mitchell Drive. Council prepared the site and MCRS laid bitumen which later showed signs of failure. The NSW Supreme Court initially found in favour of MCRS, however the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council appealed that decision. Late last week the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court New South Wales, dismissed that appeal. • Full story, Page 5
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