We took a range of enforcement actions in 2016-17.
Actions completed or in progress at 30 June 2017 are outlined in the table below.
Parties signed to enforceable undertakings
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Legislation
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Parties
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| Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) |
Xi Lian Kaing
CTM Australia Pty Lt
Michael Sklovsky Pty Ltd
Michael Gregory Weigall Sklovsky
Toby Lepoer Darvall |
| Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) and Estate Agents Act 1980 |
Hussein Saad
Village Real Estate (Newport) Pty Ltd
Martin John Rankin
Jerry Caleca
L & L Dardha Real Estate Pty Ltd
O’Brien Real Estate Croydon Pty Ltd
Next Gen Real Estate Pty Ltd
Achilles Mantsos
Superior Realty Pty Ltd
Fadi Khoder
Evangelos Nestor
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| Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) and Estate Agents Act 1980 and Residential Tenancies Act 1997 |
Unilodge Australia Pty Ltd
College House Management Pty Ltd
|
| Estate Agents Act 1980 |
746 Student Services Pty Ltd |
Court and tribunal matters
Prosecutions finalised
|
Legislation
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Parties
|
| Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) |
Daniel Chung Keat Long
Adnan Dennaoui
Ezy Lite Pty Ltd
Local Blue Pages Pty Ltd
Les Papaioannou
|
Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012
|
Brendan Lansley |
Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995
|
Lauren Kate Smith
LKS Lifestyle Solutions Pty Ltd
Andrew Michael Renn |
Estate Agents Act 1980
|
Robert Eirweis
Aldergate Nominees Pty Ltd
Tracey Anne Smith |
| Motor Car Traders Act 1986 |
Mithila Domingo
Melbourne Prestige Cars Pty Ltd
Saleh Ibrahim |
Residential Tenancies Act 1997
|
SLM Housing Pty Ltd |
Civil proceedings (including disciplinary inquiry and appeals)
|
Legislation
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Parties
|
| Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) |
John Stanley Heath
ADG Windows Pty Ltd
Illawong Retirement Group Pty Ltd
Illawong Lakeside Retirement Pty Ltd
Vladymir Martyniuk
David James Donald
Hocking Stuart (Richmond) Pty Ltd |
| Conveyancers Act 2006 |
Bonzi Group Pty Ltd
Meganita Marranu |
| Estate Agents Act 1980 |
Michael Andrew John Hoban
Joel Phillip Murray
John Talia
Secretary to the Department of Justice and Regulation v Century 21 Australia Pty Ltd
LMG Commercial Property Services Pty Ltd
Leo Mark Grogan |
Residential Tenancies Act 1997
|
Ben Alexander Strachan
HouseShare Melbourne Pty Ltd
Strachan Research Pty Ltd |
Administrative review
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Legislation
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Parties
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| On behalf of the Business Licensing Authority |
| Estate Agents Act 1980 |
Colin Dixon
Lawfords Real Estate Pty Ltd
William Lawford
Robert Wilkinson |
| Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989 |
Aaron Ladner v Business Licensing Authority
|
Sex Work Act 1994
|
Anthony Booth v Business Licensing Authority
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| On behalf of the Motor Car Traders Claims Committee |
Motor Car Traders Act 1986
|
Lawpoint Mortgages Pty Ltd |
Ongoing court matters as at 30 June 2017
Criminal prosecutions
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Legislation
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Parties
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| Conveyancers Act 2006 |
Bonzi Group Pty Ltd
Meganita Marranu |
| Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 |
Cain Robert Padman |
Estate Agents Act 1980
|
Ranelagh Realty Pty Ltd
Helen Sly
Melbourne Deluxe Real Estate Pty Ltd
Paul Pfeiffer
Judy Nguyen
Joseph Ngo |
Civil proceedings (including disciplinary inquiry)
|
Legislation
|
Parties
|
| Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) |
Fair Group Global Pty Ltd
Fair Financial Pty Ltd
Bluebell Conveyancing Australia Pty Ltd
Anthony Lee
Melbourne South Eastern Real Estate Pty Ltd
Domain Register Pty Ltd
The Reject Shop Ltd
Annabelle Natalie Gibson
Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd
Origo & Co Pty Ltd
Fletcher & Parker (Balwyn) Pty Ltd
Manningham Property Group Pty Ltd
Kenneth Chappell
Anastasios Adgemis
Big Aussie Deals Pty Ltd
Steven Petkovski
Tim Phan
Inkerman Road Nominees Pty Ltd |
Estate Agents Act 1980
|
Bill Kaye Co Pty Ltd
Vassilios Kaimakamis
Gull and Company Pty Ltd
Dean Anthony Johnson
Darren James Dean
Property Express Pty Ltd
Secretary to the Department of Justice & Regulation v Century 21 Australia Pty Ltd
Peter Maxwell Simmons
Bonds Real Estate Sales Pty Ltd
Danielle Talia
Sedinsi Pty Ltd
Peter Daly
The Sarain Pty Ltd
Surinder Surain
Peter Giannakidis
Aaron McDonald |
| Motor Car Traders Act 1986 |
Wapshott Motors Pty Ltd |
| Sex Work Act 1994 |
Zhao Pan
Lin Gao
Joseph Molinari
Josef Rutten |
Administrative review
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Legislation
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Parties
|
Estate Agents Act 1980
|
Minh Thai
|
Motor Car Traders Act 1986
|
Hussain v Business Licensing Authority
Andrew Blige v Business Licensing Authority
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