Latest news Skip listen and sharing tools Listen Filter by category All News alerts Industry updates Legislation updates Media releases Public warnings Enforceable undertakings Court actions Peter Maxwell Simmons - Court outcome Court actions 27 December 2017 Estate agent Peter Maxwell Simmons, 66, has been banned from holding a licence, or acting as an agent’s representative, after Consumer Affairs Victoria was notified that more than $5,000 in trust account money was missing. Solar Orb Pty Ltd - Public warning Public warnings 19 December 2017 The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria has issued a Public Warning Notice to consumers under section 223 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) regarding Solar Orb Pty Ltd and the websites www.solarorb.com.au and www.solar-orb.com. MRK Distributor Pty Ltd and Mounir Kassabian - Enforceable undertaking Enforceable undertakings 15 December 2017 A Dandenong South-based importer and wholesaler and its director have agreed to pay $3,000, and have given undertakings to recall products and refund customers, after acknowledging they offered items for sale that are either banned or do not meet mandatory safety requirements. Fletcher & Parker (Balwyn) Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 14 December 2017 A real estate agency in Melbourne’s east will pay $880,000 after the Federal Court of Australia found it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and making false or misleading representations about property sales. Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 6 December 2017 A national retailer that sold unsafe and insufficiently labelled products to Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland consumers has been ordered to pay $1 million by the Federal Court of Australia. Manningham Property Group Pty Ltd (trading as Hocking Stuart Doncaster) - Court outcome Court actions 4 December 2017 A real estate agency in Melbourne’s east will pay $160,000 after it admitted to engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct and making false and misleading representations about the sale of land. Gull and Company Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 29 November 2017 Ballarat estate agency Gull and Company has been reprimanded and penalised $5,000 by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) for operating without a licence during 2015. Bay Life Properties and Helen Sly - Court outcome Court actions 17 November 2017 A Mount Eliza estate agency and its director and officer in effective control have each been penalised $8,500 for contravening Victorian estate agent laws. Danielle Talia and Bond's Real Estate Sales Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 26 October 2017 A Doncaster East estate agent will have her licence suspended and, with her company, pay a total fine of $5,000 to the Victorian Property Fund, after she and the company both accepted that they had knowingly employed a disqualified person as an agent’s representative. Sedinsi Pty Ltd and Peter Murray Daly - Court action Court actions 23 October 2017 A director of a Southbank estate agency has been penalised $1,000 for contraventions of Victoria's estate agent laws. Previous Go to: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Page 8 of 41 Next
Peter Maxwell Simmons - Court outcome Court actions 27 December 2017 Estate agent Peter Maxwell Simmons, 66, has been banned from holding a licence, or acting as an agent’s representative, after Consumer Affairs Victoria was notified that more than $5,000 in trust account money was missing.
Solar Orb Pty Ltd - Public warning Public warnings 19 December 2017 The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria has issued a Public Warning Notice to consumers under section 223 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) regarding Solar Orb Pty Ltd and the websites www.solarorb.com.au and www.solar-orb.com.
MRK Distributor Pty Ltd and Mounir Kassabian - Enforceable undertaking Enforceable undertakings 15 December 2017 A Dandenong South-based importer and wholesaler and its director have agreed to pay $3,000, and have given undertakings to recall products and refund customers, after acknowledging they offered items for sale that are either banned or do not meet mandatory safety requirements.
Fletcher & Parker (Balwyn) Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 14 December 2017 A real estate agency in Melbourne’s east will pay $880,000 after the Federal Court of Australia found it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and making false or misleading representations about property sales.
Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 6 December 2017 A national retailer that sold unsafe and insufficiently labelled products to Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland consumers has been ordered to pay $1 million by the Federal Court of Australia.
Manningham Property Group Pty Ltd (trading as Hocking Stuart Doncaster) - Court outcome Court actions 4 December 2017 A real estate agency in Melbourne’s east will pay $160,000 after it admitted to engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct and making false and misleading representations about the sale of land.
Gull and Company Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 29 November 2017 Ballarat estate agency Gull and Company has been reprimanded and penalised $5,000 by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) for operating without a licence during 2015.
Bay Life Properties and Helen Sly - Court outcome Court actions 17 November 2017 A Mount Eliza estate agency and its director and officer in effective control have each been penalised $8,500 for contravening Victorian estate agent laws.
Danielle Talia and Bond's Real Estate Sales Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 26 October 2017 A Doncaster East estate agent will have her licence suspended and, with her company, pay a total fine of $5,000 to the Victorian Property Fund, after she and the company both accepted that they had knowingly employed a disqualified person as an agent’s representative.
Sedinsi Pty Ltd and Peter Murray Daly - Court action Court actions 23 October 2017 A director of a Southbank estate agency has been penalised $1,000 for contraventions of Victoria's estate agent laws.