PHOTO: ANDREW GORRIE/STUFF – In a business relationship partners should still act commercially even if their personal relationship is not good, Justice Jill Mallon said. (File photo)

A property-owning partnership descended into hostility with complaints of food smells, disconnected power, and unpaid bills, a court has found.

Kirti Kumar eventually took Prakash Patel to court to force the sale of the High St, Lower Hutt, premises they bought together in in 2015.

Kumar ran his accountancy business downstairs and Patel ran his marketing business on the upper level.

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