Clynton 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 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 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...
View ArticleMecon 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...
View ArticleAshleigh Maliki - Court action
A tradesman who performed building work while unregistered and harassed a former client has been fined a total of $3000 and ordered to pay $500 in costs.
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.
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