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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific: 1,828 cases from 37 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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Where?
by authority- Consumer Affairs Victoria / Federal Court of Australia 1 case 50 % · €366,010
- Consumer Protection WA (Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety) / Perth Magistrates Court 1 case 50 % · €132,345
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €132,345 |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €366,010 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
2 cases
24 Apr 2026 White Ray Oakleigh Pty Ltd (Ray White Oakleigh)Federal Court: 600,000 AUD against former operator of Ray White Oakleigh for underquoting €366,010
Following action by Consumer Affairs Victoria (the consumer protection regulator of the state of Victoria), the Federal Court of Australia ordered White Ray Oakleigh Pty Ltd, former operator of the Ray White Oakleigh agency, to pay 600,000 AUD because between February 2022 and November 2023 it advertised nine properties well below market value and at prices it did not itself expect to achieve (underquoting). According to the regulator, the agency agreements often provided for considerably higher commission on proceeds above the reserve price, and vendors were persuaded to lower their reserves after signing; text messages between the agents showed that they expected considerably higher prices. The court found misleading or deceptive conduct and false or misleading representations.
Prices in property advertising must reflect the agent's genuine estimate; commission models that reward bait pricing are a compliance risk in their own right.
Truthful price information in property advertising (underquoting)
- Authority / court
- Consumer Affairs Victoria / Federal Court of Australia
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Irreführendes Verhalten sowie falsche oder irreführende Angaben (Vorschriften in der Mitteilung nicht genannt)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- The company admitted the conduct and cooperated with the regulator in the court proceedings; it has not operated the agency since 2025.
- Published
- 24 Apr 2026
Original amount 600,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Apr 2026.
- Consumer Affairs Victoria: Company to pay $600,000 for underquoting (24.04.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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30 Jan 2026 Jim's Realty Pty Ltd (früher Agape Property Group)WA: record 225,000 AUD fine for estate agency over trust account and bond breaches €132,345
On 30 January 2026 the Perth Magistrates Court convicted Jim's Realty Pty Ltd on 35 charges – client money not credited to the trust account, unlawful withdrawals, improper records and tenancy bonds lodged late or not at all – and fined it 225,000 AUD plus 577.50 AUD in costs. A forensic audit commissioned by Consumer Protection WA (the consumer protection division of Western Australia) had identified 57 unexplained withdrawals totalling more than 334,915 AUD. According to the regulator it is the largest fine ever imposed on an estate agency in Western Australia; the company has been in liquidation since 2024.
Trust money and tenancy bonds require complete records and timely lodgement; irregularities in the annual audit are a warning sign that must be resolved immediately.
Handling client money in trust accounts and timely lodgement of tenancy bonds
- Authority / court
- Consumer Protection WA (Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety) / Perth Magistrates Court
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978 (WA); Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (WA)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- None; according to the release, the court found no mitigating factors despite the liquidation.
- Published
- 11 Feb 2026
Original amount 225,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jan 2026.
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link