Marlo 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 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.
View ArticleMeganita Marannu and Bonzi Group Pty Ltd - Court action
A Preston woman has been ordered to cease acting as a conveyancer, shut down her website and pay around $900 in costs.
View ArticleIllawong Lakeside Retirement Pty Ltd, Illawong Retirement Group Pty Ltd and...
The director of a Patterson Lakes retirement village must pay more than $3,000 in costs after being found in contempt of court by failing to comply with previous orders.
View ArticleMelbourne Prestige Cars Pty Ltd - Court action
A Melbourne licensed car dealership has been fined $2,800 and entered guilty pleas to aiding and abetting an unlicensed motor car trader.
View ArticleJohn Michael Talia - Court outcome
A man who continued to practice as an estate agent after a tribunal ruled him ineligible to hold a licence has been found guilty of contempt, fined $10,000 and ordered to pay costs.
View ArticleBen Alexander Strachan, Strachan Research Pty Ltd and House Share Melbourne...
Two companies operating rooming houses and their sole director have been ordered to stop operating rooming houses for five years, unless they implement a strict legal compliance program.
View ArticleLMG Commercial Property Services Pty Ltd and Leo Mark Grogan - Court outcome
A former South Yarra estate agency and its director and officer in effective control (OIEC) have been reprimanded and disqualified from holding an estate agents licence for two years.
View ArticleMandeep Johal - Court action
Carlton conveyancer Mandeep Johal, 37, has been reprimanded and had conditions placed on his licence, by his and Consumer Affairs Victoria’s consent, after the Victorian Civil and Administrative...
View ArticleAldergate Nominees Pty Ltd (t/as Stockdale and Leggo Yarrawonga) and Tracey...
A Yarrawonga estate agency and its director have been fined $15,000 after pleading guilty to causing trust account deficiencies and misappropriating trust funds after a Consumer Affairs Victoria...
View ArticleThe Sarain Pty Ltd (previously t/as Ray White Werribee) - Commencement of action
Consumer Affairs Victoria has applied to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to hold an inquiry in relation to The Sarain Pty Ltd and its director, Surinder Sarain.
View ArticleAndrew Michael Renn - Court outcome
A Hawthorn builder and landscaper has been convicted and fined for failing to comply with the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 and the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria).
View ArticleEzy Lite Pty Ltd and Adnan Dennaoui - Court outcome
A building cladding company and its director have been convicted and fined a total of $70,000, after pleading guilty to making false and misleading representations about the fire ratings of some of its...
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