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 Benjamin James Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 10 March 2011 A Fawkner used car trader has been given a 12-month good behaviour bond for selling a car that still had more than $28,000 owing on it to a finance company. Australian Tourism Centre Pty Ltd (trading as Victorian Tourism Centre) and Stephen Ian Glenister - Court action Court actions 11 January 2011 The Supreme Court of Victoria has handed down final orders against the travel company Australian Tourism Centre Pty Ltd, trading as Victorian Tourism Centre, and has ruled that it misled and deceived customers in its telephone sales of travel and accommodation vouchers Below the Belt Group Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 10 January 2011 An internet business has been hit with restrictions to how it can trade after failing to supply orders of men’s underwear to 10 paying customers. H & C Trading Pty Ltd and Damon Hong Chiang Tan - Court action Court actions 10 January 2011 Moorabbin importer and wholesaler H & C Trading Pty Ltd and its director, Damon Hong Chiang Tan, have been ordered to stop selling dangerous children’s toys and to pay for the publication of public warning notices in several major newspapers. Anthony (Anton) Ray Stevens - Court action Court actions 7 January 2011 A final injunction has been issued against Anthony (Anton) Ray Stevens to restrain him from fundraising without a licence. Westgate Metal Recycling Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 7 January 2011 Hoppers Crossing scrap metal business Westgate Metal Recycling Pty Ltd has been restrained from operating as an unlicensed motor car trader. DW International Pty Ltd and Bo Hui Dong - Court action Court actions 10 December 2010 A Moorabbin wholesaler has been ordered to recall and destroy 12 types of dangerous toys, after a Consumer Affairs Victoria inspection uncovered more than 1300 items which failed to comply with safety standards. Bell Real Estate (Emerald) Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 6 December 2010 The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has reprimanded Bell Real Estate (Emerald) Pty Ltd after the agency failed to comply with the dispute resolution process under the Estate Agents (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2008. Mary-Anne Costales - Court action Court actions 3 December 2010 The former co-director of a roof repair company, Master Roof Pty Ltd, has lost an appeal against a $25,000 fine for breaches of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 and the Fair Trading Act 1999. Wayne Sweeney and Associates (Footscray) Pty Ltd and Dean Johnson - Court action Court actions 21 October 2010 Consumer Affairs Victoria has succeeded in having final injunctions made against a Footscray real estate office branch and an agent, to restrain them from breaching the Estate Agents Act 1980 and the Fair Trading Act 1999. Previous Go to: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Page 28 of 30 Next
Benjamin James Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 10 March 2011 A Fawkner used car trader has been given a 12-month good behaviour bond for selling a car that still had more than $28,000 owing on it to a finance company.
Australian Tourism Centre Pty Ltd (trading as Victorian Tourism Centre) and Stephen Ian Glenister - Court action Court actions 11 January 2011 The Supreme Court of Victoria has handed down final orders against the travel company Australian Tourism Centre Pty Ltd, trading as Victorian Tourism Centre, and has ruled that it misled and deceived customers in its telephone sales of travel and accommodation vouchers
Below the Belt Group Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 10 January 2011 An internet business has been hit with restrictions to how it can trade after failing to supply orders of men’s underwear to 10 paying customers.
H & C Trading Pty Ltd and Damon Hong Chiang Tan - Court action Court actions 10 January 2011 Moorabbin importer and wholesaler H & C Trading Pty Ltd and its director, Damon Hong Chiang Tan, have been ordered to stop selling dangerous children’s toys and to pay for the publication of public warning notices in several major newspapers.
Anthony (Anton) Ray Stevens - Court action Court actions 7 January 2011 A final injunction has been issued against Anthony (Anton) Ray Stevens to restrain him from fundraising without a licence.
Westgate Metal Recycling Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 7 January 2011 Hoppers Crossing scrap metal business Westgate Metal Recycling Pty Ltd has been restrained from operating as an unlicensed motor car trader.
DW International Pty Ltd and Bo Hui Dong - Court action Court actions 10 December 2010 A Moorabbin wholesaler has been ordered to recall and destroy 12 types of dangerous toys, after a Consumer Affairs Victoria inspection uncovered more than 1300 items which failed to comply with safety standards.
Bell Real Estate (Emerald) Pty Ltd - Court action Court actions 6 December 2010 The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has reprimanded Bell Real Estate (Emerald) Pty Ltd after the agency failed to comply with the dispute resolution process under the Estate Agents (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2008.
Mary-Anne Costales - Court action Court actions 3 December 2010 The former co-director of a roof repair company, Master Roof Pty Ltd, has lost an appeal against a $25,000 fine for breaches of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 and the Fair Trading Act 1999.
Wayne Sweeney and Associates (Footscray) Pty Ltd and Dean Johnson - Court action Court actions 21 October 2010 Consumer Affairs Victoria has succeeded in having final injunctions made against a Footscray real estate office branch and an agent, to restrain them from breaching the Estate Agents Act 1980 and the Fair Trading Act 1999.