Mecon Insurance Pty Ltd and Mechanical and Construction Insurance Pty Ltd -...
Two related insurance companies have agreed to refund customers and pay costs of $20,000 for engaging in price exploitation and misleading and deceptive conduct, following proceedings in the Supreme...
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View ArticleDRK Fencing Pty Ltd and Daniel Kokken - Court action
A company and its director have each been fined $2,500, the company convicted, and the director required to refund deposits of almost $9,000 to two clients, after they failed to meet their duties under...
View ArticleLjupco (Lou) Petrovski and DNL Security Australia Pty Ltd - Court Action
The Melbourne Magistrates' Court has fined a company and its director a total of $59,000 for misleading consumers into enrolling in training courses that were advertised as job advertisements.
View ArticleHassan Al Dali - Court action
An unlicensed motor car trader will spend at least six months in jail, after an unsuccessful appeal hearing at the County Court of Victoria.
View ArticleDavid James Donald - Interim injunction
Consumer Affairs Victoria has obtained an interim injunction against David James Donald, 72, of Reservoir, after he continued to contravene the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) relating to...
View ArticleIllawong Lakeside Retirement Pty Ltd, Illawong Retirement Group Pty Ltd and...
A retirement village operator and two related parties have agreed to pay $1,500 in costs and implement a number of measures for recording information, following contraventions of Victorian retirement...
View ArticleJames Owen Reid - Court action
An unregistered builder has been convicted and fined $2,400 in the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court after he failed to meet his duties under Victorian building laws.
View ArticleLKS Lifestyle Solutions Pty Ltd and Lauren Kate Smith - Court action
A pool company and its sole director have been found guilty of engaging in conduct that breaches Victorian consumer and building laws.
View ArticleMarlo Woods (Australia) Pty Ltd and Choung Heng Taing - Court action
Melbourne Magistrates' Court has imposed $30,000 in penalties against merchandise retailer Marlo Woods (Australia) Pty Ltd and its sole director, Choung Heng Taing, for contraventions of the Australian...
View ArticleDaniel Chung Keat Leong - Court action
A Port Melbourne man has been convicted and fined $20,000 for making false and misleading representations in job advertisements, following action by Consumer Affairs Victoria in the Melbourne...
View ArticleBrendan Lansley - Court action
A Newborough man has been convicted and fined for engaging in debt collection while prohibited from doing so.
View ArticleMithila Domingo - Court action
A Dandenong man has been fined $4000 by the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to four charges relating to falsely representing a car’s odometer reading in online advertisements.
View ArticleRobert Eierweis - Court action
A Malvern man has been fined $2000 at a hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, after failing to declare previous offences when applying to renew his estate agents’ licence.
View ArticleHocking Stuart (Richmond) Pty Ltd - Court action
A Melbourne estate agency has been penalised $330,000 after admitting it had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, and making false and misleading representations about the sale of land.
View ArticleADG Windows Pty Ltd and John Stanley Heath - Court action
Montmorency-based company ADG Windows (trading as Australian Double Glazing) and its sole director, John Stanley Heath, have been ordered to stop entering into agreements to supply windows and doors...
View ArticleJoel Phillip Murray - Court action
An estate agent has been reprimanded and had his licence suspended for six months, after failing to have his trust accounts audited and meet conditions attached to his licence.
View ArticleMichael Andrew John Hoban - Court action
A former estate agent has had his licence cancelled and been disqualified from holding a licence for three years, after admitting to contravening the Estate Agents Act 1980.
View ArticleSLM Housing Pty Ltd - Court action
One of Victoria's largest rooming house operators has been found guilty of 126 charges for failing to comply with rooming house requirements.
View ArticleDavid James Donald - Court action
A door-to-door salesman who took advantage of older Victorians has been ordered to cease trading for five years and pay more than $17,000 in refunds, damages, penalties and costs.
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