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 Melbourne Deluxe Real Estate Pty Ltd (trading as Melbourne Deluxe) and Paul Wayne Pfeiffer - Court outcome Court actions 14 March 2018 An estate agent must repay $69,000 in compensation; been fined $25,000; and sentenced to a two-year community corrections order, after pleading guilty to charges including fraudulent conversion. The Reject Shop Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 8 March 2018 National variety goods retailer The Reject Shop Ltd has been penalised $140,000 after admitting that it contravened the product safety provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) by selling projectile toys. Nicholas Augerinos, trading as Quality Car Centre - Court outcome Court actions 8 March 2018 A licensed motor car trader has given a 12 month good behaviour undertaking to the court and must pay $500 for contraventions of the Motor Car Traders Act 1986. Peleguy Distributions Pty Ltd and Yaniv Peleg - Enforceable undertaking Enforceable undertakings 12 February 2018 The director of a Moorabbin-based importer and wholesaler has agreed to pay $3,000 to the Victorian Consumer Law Fund, and will recall products and refund customers, after acknowledging he offered banned novelty lighters for sale. Tim Phan - Court outcome Court actions 30 January 2018 An Avondale Heights man who worked as a builder while unregistered has been ordered to refund three of his customers a total of more than $26,700 at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. Muralietharan Varadharajah - Court outcome Court actions 28 December 2017 A rooming house operator will lose his licence after he was found guilty of offences under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 and its regulations. 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. 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. Previous Go to: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Page 8 of 40 Next
Melbourne Deluxe Real Estate Pty Ltd (trading as Melbourne Deluxe) and Paul Wayne Pfeiffer - Court outcome Court actions 14 March 2018 An estate agent must repay $69,000 in compensation; been fined $25,000; and sentenced to a two-year community corrections order, after pleading guilty to charges including fraudulent conversion.
The Reject Shop Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 8 March 2018 National variety goods retailer The Reject Shop Ltd has been penalised $140,000 after admitting that it contravened the product safety provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) by selling projectile toys.
Nicholas Augerinos, trading as Quality Car Centre - Court outcome Court actions 8 March 2018 A licensed motor car trader has given a 12 month good behaviour undertaking to the court and must pay $500 for contraventions of the Motor Car Traders Act 1986.
Peleguy Distributions Pty Ltd and Yaniv Peleg - Enforceable undertaking Enforceable undertakings 12 February 2018 The director of a Moorabbin-based importer and wholesaler has agreed to pay $3,000 to the Victorian Consumer Law Fund, and will recall products and refund customers, after acknowledging he offered banned novelty lighters for sale.
Tim Phan - Court outcome Court actions 30 January 2018 An Avondale Heights man who worked as a builder while unregistered has been ordered to refund three of his customers a total of more than $26,700 at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
Muralietharan Varadharajah - Court outcome Court actions 28 December 2017 A rooming house operator will lose his licence after he was found guilty of offences under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 and its regulations.
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.
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.