New Zealand’s Commerce Commission prepares to sue Viagogo

Following the action of a number of countries, the Commission is to commence civil proceedings in the High Court against the controversial ticket reseller

A number of complaints were made to the Commission about Bruno Mars tickets being missold by Viagogo © Flickr: slgckgc

New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has announced plans this week to begin civil proceedings against Viagogo in the country’s High Court.

This will be the latest in a string of court cases for the Geneva-based ticket resale site, which is already facing action in Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, the UK and Australia.

The Commission will seek a declaration from Viagogo that their actions have breached the Fair Trading Act and an injunction restraining it from doing so again. It…

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