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Estate agent prosecuted for false advertising (19 September 2016)
Date: 19/09/2016
Islington Council in north London has prosecuted an estate agent for false advertising, after a Sold board was erected on a property one year after it was first sold.
Andrew Christadoulides – Director of Jigsaws Estate Agents Ltd – pleaded guilty to the offence of putting up the board under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
Christadoulides and Jigsaws Estate Agents Ltd were jointly fined £625 and ordered to pay £926 in legal costs as well as a £63 victim surcharge.
Islington Council’s executive member for housing and development, Councillor Diarmaid Ward, said:
“Putting up false Sold boards is not only unsightly, but intentionally misleads potential buyers – and gives the company an unfair advantage over its local competitors.
“This underhand practice will not be tolerated in our borough – and we will take action against those that do it.”
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