Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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 €366,010 50 % · 1 case
- SafeWork NSW €218,607 30 % · 1 case
- Consumer Protection WA (Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety) / Perth Magistrates Court €132,345 18 % · 1 case
- NSW Fair Trading €13,422 2 % · 2 cases
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by companyWhen?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | €218,607 |
| 2023 | 1 | – |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 3 | €511,777 |
5 cases
9 Jun 2026 Leader Properties Investment Pty LtdNSW: property manager Leader Properties penalised for unlawfully locking out a tenant €13,422
NSW Fair Trading (the consumer protection regulator of New South Wales) reprimanded Leader Properties Investment Pty Ltd on 9 June 2026 and imposed a monetary penalty of 22,000 AUD because it had locked out a tenant and unlawfully taken possession of the rented home in breach of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010. All licensed agents of the company who provide property management must complete tenancy training. Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Property managers must never lock out tenants on their own authority; evictions only go through the statutory process, and staff must know this.
Tenancy law in property management: no self-help evictions or lockouts
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- NSW Fair Trading
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- Property and Stock Agents Act 2002 (NSW), s 192(1)(a), (c) und (d); Verstoß gegen den Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 25 Jun 2026
Original amount 22,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jun 2026.
- NSW Fair Trading Name and Shame Register: Leader Properties Investment Pty Ltd, Disciplinary Action, Penalty amount $22,000.00, 09/06/2026 Official register or notice
- Verify NSW (amtliches Lizenzregister), Lizenz 1687033, Leader Properties Investment Pty Ltd – Disziplinarmaßnahmen vom 09.06.2026 (JSON) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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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
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28 Feb 2023 an Australian construction companyNSW: builder loses licence and is permanently disqualified after fatal scaffold collapse Other
NSW Fair Trading (the consumer and trade regulator of New South Wales) cancelled the contractor licence of the construction company on 28 February 2023 and permanently disqualified it from holding any authority under the Home Building Act 1989 because it was no longer considered fit. This followed a conviction under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 with a fine of 900,000 AUD: in 2019 an overloaded facade scaffold, from which most ties had been removed, collapsed; one worker died and another was seriously injured. Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Scaffolding must be inspected regularly before use; serious health and safety breaches can cost a business its licence permanently, on top of the fine.
Scaffold safety: load limits, ties and regular visual inspections
- Authority / court
- NSW Fair Trading
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), s 62(1)(f) und s 62(g)(i); vorausgehende Verurteilung nach s 32 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 4 Jun 2023
- NSW Fair Trading, Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2023) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 28 Feb 2025 · Direct link
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9 Dec 2022 an Australian road construction companyAustralian road construction company: 340,000 AUD after fire on a road construction machine €218,607
Following an investigation by SafeWork NSW, the District Court of NSW fined the road construction company 340,000 AUD for a breach of ss 32/19(1) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. In August 2019, a fire or explosion on a road crack sealing machine had caused a worker serious burns to his face, neck and ears.
Road construction machines must be assessed for fire and explosion hazards before use and operated only with effective safeguards.
Fire and explosion hazards on road construction machinery
- Authority / court
- SafeWork NSW
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) ss 32/19(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
Original amount 340,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Dec 2022.
- SafeWork NSW, Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2022) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Dec 2024 · Direct link