Yuze Cao and AusCarClub - Court action
AusCarClub Pty Ltd and its director Yuze Cao have been restrained from engaging in unlicensed motor car trading until further order of the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court under an interim injunction.
View ArticleTerry Pak Kwai Choe - Court action
A Docklands estate agent has been reprimanded and ordered to pay a penalty after failing to lodge annual trust account audit reports for four years, following action by Consumer Affairs Victoria.
View ArticleBluebell Conveyancing Australia and Anthony Lee - Court action
Bluebell Conveyancing Australia has been restrained from operating as a conveyancing business or representing that it is authorised to do so, after an interim injunction granted in the Melbourne...
View ArticleTom Bull - Court action
A Seaford funeral director has been ordered to stop taking pre-paid funeral contracts; pay refunds to clients; and hand over that side of his business to a receiver to manage, following a hearing in...
View ArticleScott Hoare - Court action
Former real estate agent Scott Hoare has been reprimanded and cannot hold an estate agent’s licence or act as an agent’s representative until 12 October 2024, after a hearing at the Victorian Civil and...
View ArticleDaniel Wayne Auld - Court action
An unregistered builder has been fined $4,500 in the Sunshine Magistrates’ Court, following an action by Consumer Affairs Victoria relating to his work at a property in Spotswood.
View ArticleClynton Mark Roberts - Court action
An estate agent has been reprimanded and had his licence suspended for six months for failing to ensure that trust account audit reports were prepared and lodged with Consumer Affairs Victoria.
View ArticleJoel Phillip Murray - Court action
An estate agent has been reprimanded, had his licence suspended for three months and had conditions attached to his licence, after failing to have his trust accounts audited.
View ArticleBenjamin David Chislett - Court action
Benjamin David Chislett, 39, of Highton, has been ordered to stop operating as a real estate agent until licensed to do so, after Consumer Affairs Victoria took action in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
View ArticleAnthony Lee, Fair Finance Group Pty Ltd and Fair Financial Pty Ltd - Court...
Anthony Lee, 36, of Melbourne, and two of his companies have been restrained from certain business practices, following an interim injunction granted at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
View ArticleGlenn Michael Ryan - Court hearing
Frankston estate agent Glenn Michael Ryan, 69, has been fined $2000 for failing to have his trust account audited within the allowed time, and ordered to pay $1100 in costs, following a hearing at the...
View ArticleDavid James Donald - Court action
The Supreme Court of Victoria has granted an interim injunction against door-to-door carpet cleaner David James Donald, of Reservoir, whose carpet cleaning and repair business practices prompted...
View ArticleAustralian Mechanical Services - Court action
A Camberwell-based heating and cooling installation company has been restrained from taking money or deposits from customers, following an action Consumer Affairs Victoria brought in response to an...
View ArticleAnthony Vito Brancatella - Court action
Former real estate agent Anthony Vito Brancatella has been sentenced to 40 months jail, and must serve a minimum of 20 months, for misappropriating nearly $2 million of clients’ money.
View ArticleMichael Robert Knight - Court action
The director of a former Boronia estate agency has been declared ineligible to hold an estate agent’s licence, or be an estate agent’s representative for five years, after he admitted to knowingly...
View ArticleChristopher Miles - Court action
A Melbourne-based online toy retailer has been banned from taking money up-front from customers until 2020.
View ArticleFrank Valentic and Advantage Property Consulting Pty Ltd - Court action
Melbourne estate agency director Frank Valentic has had his licence suspended for six months for contraventions of professional conduct regulations relating to the sale of a four-unit development in...
View ArticleThe Good Guys Discount Warehouse (Australia) Pty Ltd and Parke Muir's Pty Ltd...
We took action against these companies alleging they made false or misleading representations to consumers about their ACL rights when marketing extended warranties.
View ArticleHans van Dyk - Court action
A Gladstone Park man must be on good behaviour for two years or risk further action, after a hearing at Broadmeadows’ Magistrates’ Court found he was trading in motor cars without a licence.
View ArticleNightingale Electrics Pty Ltd - Court action
A former Altona North company has been penalised $60,000 for supplying banned miniature motor bikes (commonly known as monkey bikes) and other products that did not comply with Australian safety...
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