September 2010
Fines for another company peddling royal jelly using false claims
29 September 2010
A company that admitted labelling imported royal jelly as New Zealand made, and as being of high potency when it was neither, has been fined $16,000 in the Auckland District Court.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Balmoral Homes directors fined and ordered to pay reparation for Fair Trading Act breaches
1 September 2010
Two directors of a Christchurch-based building company that has gone into liquidation pleaded guilty to multiple charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act in the Christchurch District Court today. They have been fined $15,000 each and have been ordered to pay a total of $97,000 in reparation and a further $30,000 for emotional harm reparation in total for six complainants.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Rental car companies and directors fined for misleading consumers
1 September 2010
Two Christchurch-based rental car companies, Affinity Car Rental New Zealand Limited and Euro Car Rental New Zealand Limited, and their directors, Kylee and Gary Harris, have pleaded guilty to 18 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act. The Christchurch District court today imposed fines and costs totalling $37,960 as well as ordering a total of $5,750 to be paid in reparation to affected consumers.
Relates to: Fair Trading
