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Hamilton real estate 'cartel' cops $4m in penalties
Law & Regulation

Hamilton real estate 'cartel' cops $4m in penalties

The Auckland High Court has levied price fixing penalties totalling $4 million against two Hamilton-based real estate firms, Lodge Real Estate and Harcourt’s agency Monarch, for engaging in cartel style price-fixing in breach of the Commerce Act. The judgment caps off an actio...

Brent Melville 10 Sep 2020
FMA files criminal charges over Forestlands investment scheme
Law & Regulation

FMA files criminal charges over Forestlands investment scheme

The Financial Markets Authority has filed criminal charges against an unnamed individual involved in Forestlands Group for alleged disclosure and financial record keeping breaches. The FMA said security arrangements of a million-dollar loan were knowingly omitted from financia...

Dan Brunskill 09 Sep 2020
EPA accused of over-reaching with offshore consenting powers
Law & Regulation

EPA accused of over-reaching with offshore consenting powers

The Environmental Protection Authority has been accused of using consent conditions to try and fill enforcement “gaps” in the offshore regulations it works under. Beach Energy told a hearing committee yesterday it faces “unforeseen and significant” legal risk due to the way EP...

Gavin Evans 09 Sep 2020
Fletcher loses fight with Commercial Bay subcontractor
Law & Regulation

Fletcher loses fight with Commercial Bay subcontractor

Fletcher Building has lost a multi-million dollar fight with a Commercial Bay subcontractor in a ruling that will influence how the entire sector interprets construction contracts.

Victoria Young 09 Sep 2020


Victoria Young
Victoria Young

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With a professional career spanning New Zealand, Singapore, and London, Victoria Young has been with BusinessDesk since 2019, initially as a senior reporter before taking on the role of investigations editor in 2022, then editor in 2024. 
She has been instrumental in growing BusinessDesk as this country’s premium business news brand.
She was the 2023 recipient of a Brian Gaynor initiative grant.
Victoria holds law and arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington. 
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