PHOTO: NEW AGENCY: From left, Newcastle agents Niki Bogdanovski, Joel Soldado, Sam Tsiaousis and Michael Hardy who teamed up to open Harcourts Newcastle.
THEY were among the most celebrated sales agents of heavyweight real estate firm PRD Nationwide Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
But when Joel Soldado, Sam Tsiaousis, Michael Hardy and Niki Bogdanovski resigned in June last year to establish rival real estate agency Harcourts Newcastle, it sparked an expensive and bitter feud that is being played out before Justice John Sackar in the Sydney Supreme Court.
The four agents are being sued by Kenterprise, trading as PRD Nationwide Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, over alleged breach of contracts, theft of clients and using confidential PRD information.
In response, the agents are counter-suing Kenterprise alleging they are owed commissions for property sales, that Kenterprise has acted in a way that is misleading and caused loss and damage.
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