PHOTO: STUFF – Eva Tvarozkova, formerly the European Union delegation to New Zealand deputy chief of mission, dodged a $20,000 rent debt claiming diplomatic immunity.(File photo)
Landlords should get the message not to let their properties to diplomats, a spokesman for property investors says.
Two Wellington landlords recently learned a $20,000 lesson that diplomatic immunity could be used to dodge a rent debt.
A Tenancy Tribunal decision confirming the immunity applied would have “pretty outraged” most people, Property Investors Federation executive officer Andrew King said.
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