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 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. Annabelle (Belle) Gibson and Inkerman Road Nominees Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 28 September 2017 Annabelle Natalie Gibson (also known as Belle Gibson) has been ordered to pay $410,000 after a penalty hearing at the Federal Court of Australia. Century 21 Australia Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 18 September 2017 Century 21 Australia Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay more than $109,000 in compensation, plus more than $28,000 in interest, after the misappropriation of trust account funds by an estate agent with which it was in a franchise agreement. Big Aussie Deals Pty Ltd and Steven Petrovski - Court outcome Court actions 29 August 2017 A Brunswick-based company that supplied banned miniature motorbikes has been ordered to pay a penalty of $10,000 for failing to meet the product safety provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria). Ezy Lite Pty Ltd and Adnan Dennaoui - Court outcome Court actions 21 July 2017 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 products. Local Blue Pages Pty Ltd and Les Papaioannou - Court action Court actions 4 July 2017 Local Blue Pages and its sole director and company secretary, Mr Les Papaioannou, have been fined $40,000 and $5,000 respectively, without conviction, for engaging in undue coercionin contravention of the ACL. Andrew Michael Renn - Court outcome Court actions 3 July 2017 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). Previous Go to: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page 5 of 32 Next
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.
Annabelle (Belle) Gibson and Inkerman Road Nominees Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 28 September 2017 Annabelle Natalie Gibson (also known as Belle Gibson) has been ordered to pay $410,000 after a penalty hearing at the Federal Court of Australia.
Century 21 Australia Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 18 September 2017 Century 21 Australia Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay more than $109,000 in compensation, plus more than $28,000 in interest, after the misappropriation of trust account funds by an estate agent with which it was in a franchise agreement.
Big Aussie Deals Pty Ltd and Steven Petrovski - Court outcome Court actions 29 August 2017 A Brunswick-based company that supplied banned miniature motorbikes has been ordered to pay a penalty of $10,000 for failing to meet the product safety provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria).
Ezy Lite Pty Ltd and Adnan Dennaoui - Court outcome Court actions 21 July 2017 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 products.
Local Blue Pages Pty Ltd and Les Papaioannou - Court action Court actions 4 July 2017 Local Blue Pages and its sole director and company secretary, Mr Les Papaioannou, have been fined $40,000 and $5,000 respectively, without conviction, for engaging in undue coercionin contravention of the ACL.
Andrew Michael Renn - Court outcome Court actions 3 July 2017 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).