Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd followed the Commerce Commission back into court yesterday as both filed appeals against a fine imposed last month relating to the company’s steel mesh.
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Stephen Gubb’s wife sentenced to home detention for joint fraud
Shirley Anne Johnston (66), of Wanaka – wife of twice-jailed fraudster Stephen Gubb – was sentenced yesterday to 7 months’ home detention & 200 hours of community work on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office.
Steel mesh supplier Brilliance fined for misleading representations
Auckland District Court Judge Robert Ronayne has fined Brilliance International Ltd (Wu Guanghui & Wu Donghui, both of Dannemora, Auckland) $540,000 for making false & misleading representations relating to its steel mesh products which are used to earthquake-strengthen buildings.
Lawyer says interest in class action grows as steel mesh sentence awaited
Class action specialist, Auckland lawyer Adina Thorn, said yesterday Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd’s 24 guilty pleas last November relating to false & misleading representations about steel mesh had boosted interest in a proposed class action.
Lau jailed 2 more years for flagrant building site & dwelling breaches
Property developer Ee Kuoh (Augustine) Lau, 43, was sentenced in the Auckland District Court yesterday to 2 years’ jail for transgressing resource management & building laws.
Stephen Gubb’s wife admits role in joint Christchurch fraud
Shirley Anne Johnston, 66, a Christchurch real estate agent & wife of jailed fraudster Stephen Rolf Gubb, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining commissions from the Selwyn District Council in Canterbury.
