Estate Agent in Scotland banned

The Office of Fair Trading has made a prohibition order against an estate agent in Scotland banning him from estate agency work, having found that he was unfit to carry out estate agency work.

Roderick Yule, an estate agent from Fife, has committed offences involving fraud or other dishonesty as referred to in section 3(1)(a)(i) of the Estate Agents Act 1979.

Mike Haley, OFT Head of Consumer Protection, said: ‘When choosing an agent, consumers need to know that they are honest and trustworthy and this case shows that the OFT will take action to prevent those that it considers unfit from continuing to work in the industry.’

Mr Yule has until 19 May 2008 to appeal.