Toorak agent faces disciplinary action
The real estate agent fined $200,000 in damages last month after a deceptive Toorak auction now faces disciplinary action.
Consumer Affairs Victoria director Dr Claire Noone has asked the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to hold a disciplinary inquiry following the conclusion of the civil case.
Last month a County Court judge awarded damages to Dr Chris Moss and his wife, Andrea John, after RT Edgar agent Greg Herman was found to have artificially inflated the offers on a Toorak property to $2.7 million.
The damages payout may now be followed by an inquiry to determine if Herman was ''fit and proper'' to hold a real estate agent licence.
Depending on the result of its inquiry, VCAT can either reprimand Herman and his agency or impose stricter penalties, which include suspending or cancelling licences.
Herman has declined to comment since the case.
The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria issued a notice yesterday indicating she had applied for “disciplinary inquiries” against both the corporate licensed estate agent RT Edgar (Toorak) Pty Ltd and agent’s representative Gregory Herman-Moore (known as Greg Herman).
It applied to VCAT for a disciplinary inquiry into the conduct of the agency and Herman-Moore, 51, under the Estate Agents Act 1980.
The matter will be listed in VCAT at a date to be fixed.
