September 2000
Enterprise cars fined $33,000: warning to all consumers, dealers not disclosing key information and trade-in claims
29 September 2000
The Auckland High Court today fined Enterprise Motor Group Limited and one of its subsidiaries, Enterprise Motor Group (Panmure) Limited trading as Enterprise Nissan, a total of $33,000 highlighting two nation-wide problems: car dealers not disclosing key information and making misleading claims about the availability of trade-ins.Relates to: Fair Trading
More Commission action on website claims:Cogent Communications fined $7,000
14 September 2000
In the Commerce Commission's third website case in the last five weeks, Cogent Communications Limited, trading as Hart Candy, was fined $7,000 in the Auckland District Court for breaching the Fair Trading Act by making misleading claims about cellphones.Relates to: Fair Trading
Toy importer Deco Fashions to pay fines and costs $9,260 for 45,000 unsafe toys: Shell and Barnardo's had choking hazard teddy bears
14 September 2000
The Auckland District Court today ordered toy importer, Deco Fashions Limited, to pay $9,260 in fines and costs after it supplied 45,000 unsafe teddy bears to Shell New Zealand Limited and Shell donated some of the teddy bears to the Barnardo's Children's Trust.Relates to: Fair Trading
Highest ever Fair Trading Act order: Maximus pyramid selling scheme liable for more than $3.1 million
13 September 2000
The Auckland High Court today imposed the highest order yet under the Fair Trading Act when it ordered that Maximus Intermediaries Limited was a pyramid selling scheme and entered judgment against the defendants who are liable to pay more than $3.1 million to people who had bought into the scheme.Relates to: Fair Trading
Stock agent fined $4,000: deliberately falsified sale dockets, overcharged farmer $3,920 for cattle
12 September 2000
The Hamilton District Court today fined independent stock agent Hugh Roderick Chisholm $4,000 after he admitted that he had deliberately falsified saleyard dockets and overcharged a farmer $3,920 for cattle.Relates to: Fair Trading
Fair Trading Act does apply to websites: Michael Hill Jeweller Ltd fined $1,000
6 September 2000
The Commerce Commission's prosecution of Michael Hill Jeweller Limited has shown that the Fair Trading Act applies to claims made on websites.Relates to: Fair Trading
TrustPower to publish corrective advertising and write to consumers, Commission also warns Wrightson
4 September 2000
Power company TrustPower Limited has agreed that it risked breaching the Fair Trading Act when it made claims to consumers that is "the only electricity supply company which is predominantly New Zealand-owned". The Act prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct.Relates to: Fair Trading
