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2026
Hutton’s Coatings fined for building service offences
Fine or penalty
In a case involving the trading name Hutton’s Coatings, Mandurah Magistrates Court convicted Emmanuel Lee Hutton of three building service offences and fined him $4,500. Hutton was trading as Hutton’s Coatings at the time of the offences. The court proceedings addressed the building service offences, and the fine was imposed following the conviction on all three counts.
Mandurah Magistrates Court fined tradesman Emmanuel Lee Hutton $4,500 after convicting him of three building service offences. Hutton was trading as Hutton’s Coatings.
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The message from the Building Commissioner follows a $4,500 fine at Mandurah Magistrate Court against tradesman Emmanuel Lee Hutton, trading as Hutton's Coatings, who was convicted of three building service offences.
The court heard the homeowner accepted the invoice and paid a deposit of 50 per cent of the contract price in advance, far exceeding the maximum deposit of 6.5 per cent allowed under the Home Building Contracts Act 1991 for residential building work, including painting, valued between $7,500 and $500,000.