January 1998
Failed franchise promoter ordered to pay $157,000 compensation
29 January 1998
Judge J Cadenhead sitting in the District Court in Auckland imposed a $157,000 compensation order on Higgs Holdings Ltd and its director David Higgs. This is the highest compensation order awarded in a Commission action.Relates to: Fair Trading
Record fine for breach of childrens nightclothes fire safety standard
29 January 1998
Dress For Less has been fined $20,000 plus $1,130 in costs, after pleading guilty in the Wellington District Court this afternoon to six charges of supplying children's nightclothes which did not meet the product safety standard. That is the highest penalty imposed to date by the courts for breaches of these regulations.Relates to: Fair Trading
