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 Michael Robert Knight - Court action Court actions 12 February 2016 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 authorising and permitting the agency to convert trust money to its own use. Anthony Vito Brancatella - Court action Court actions 10 February 2016 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. Australian Mechanical Services - Court action Court actions 15 January 2016 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 increase in complaints. David James Donald - Court action Court actions 14 January 2016 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 numerous complaints to Consumer Affairs Victoria. Hoverboards - Public warning Public warnings 5 January 2016 The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Jane Garrett, has issued a public warning about hoverboards, after a series of safety incidents involving chargers used to power these devices. Anthony Lee, Fair Finance Group Pty Ltd and Fair Financial Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 31 October 2015 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. Benjamin David Chislett - Court action Court actions 28 October 2015 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. Joel Phillip Murray - Court action Court actions 26 October 2015 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. Clynton Mark Roberts - Court action Court actions 22 October 2015 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. Scott Hoare - Court action Court actions 31 July 2015 Former real estate agent Scott Hoare has been reprimanded and cannot hold an estate agent’s licence or act as an agent’s representative until 12 October 2024, after a hearing at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Previous Go to: 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Page 19 of 37 Next
Michael Robert Knight - Court action Court actions 12 February 2016 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 authorising and permitting the agency to convert trust money to its own use.
Anthony Vito Brancatella - Court action Court actions 10 February 2016 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.
Australian Mechanical Services - Court action Court actions 15 January 2016 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 increase in complaints.
David James Donald - Court action Court actions 14 January 2016 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 numerous complaints to Consumer Affairs Victoria.
Hoverboards - Public warning Public warnings 5 January 2016 The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Jane Garrett, has issued a public warning about hoverboards, after a series of safety incidents involving chargers used to power these devices.
Anthony Lee, Fair Finance Group Pty Ltd and Fair Financial Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 31 October 2015 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.
Benjamin David Chislett - Court action Court actions 28 October 2015 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.
Joel Phillip Murray - Court action Court actions 26 October 2015 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.
Clynton Mark Roberts - Court action Court actions 22 October 2015 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.
Scott Hoare - Court action Court actions 31 July 2015 Former real estate agent Scott Hoare has been reprimanded and cannot hold an estate agent’s licence or act as an agent’s representative until 12 October 2024, after a hearing at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.