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 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). The Sarain Pty Ltd (previously t/as Ray White Werribee) - Commencement of action Court actions 28 June 2017 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. Aldergate Nominees (t/as Stockdale and Leggo Yarrawonga) and Tracey Anne Smith Court actions 26 June 2017 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 investigation revealed that they misappropriated more than $18,500, relating to 21 transactions. Mandeep Johal - Court action Court actions 19 April 2017 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 Tribunal found he contravened the Conveyancers Act 2006. LMG Commercial Property Services Pty Ltd and Leo Mark Grogan - Court outcome Court actions 30 March 2017 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. Ben Alexander Strachan, Strachan Research Pty Ltd and House Share Melbourne Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 7 March 2017 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. John Michael Talia - Court outcome Court actions 28 February 2017 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. Melbourne Prestige Cars Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 25 January 2017 A Melbourne licensed car dealership has been fined $2,800 and entered guilty pleas to aiding and abetting an unlicensed motor car trader. Illawong Lakeside Retirement Pty Ltd, Illawong Retirement Group Pty Ltd and Vladymir Martyniuk - Court action Court actions 20 January 2017 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. Previous Go to: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Page 7 of 34 Next
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).
The Sarain Pty Ltd (previously t/as Ray White Werribee) - Commencement of action Court actions 28 June 2017 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.
Aldergate Nominees (t/as Stockdale and Leggo Yarrawonga) and Tracey Anne Smith Court actions 26 June 2017 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 investigation revealed that they misappropriated more than $18,500, relating to 21 transactions.
Mandeep Johal - Court action Court actions 19 April 2017 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 Tribunal found he contravened the Conveyancers Act 2006.
LMG Commercial Property Services Pty Ltd and Leo Mark Grogan - Court outcome Court actions 30 March 2017 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.
Ben Alexander Strachan, Strachan Research Pty Ltd and House Share Melbourne Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 7 March 2017 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.
John Michael Talia - Court outcome Court actions 28 February 2017 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.
Melbourne Prestige Cars Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 25 January 2017 A Melbourne licensed car dealership has been fined $2,800 and entered guilty pleas to aiding and abetting an unlicensed motor car trader.
Illawong Lakeside Retirement Pty Ltd, Illawong Retirement Group Pty Ltd and Vladymir Martyniuk - Court action Court actions 20 January 2017 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.