In the Courts

PORT ADELAIDE HOTEL TRIUMPHS IN NOISE COMPLAINT DISPUTE

Posted on May 1st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Port Adelaide’s Lord Exmouth Hotel, known locally as the Monkey House, celebrated a win this week as a noise complaint was thrown out of court. The hotel is one of South Australia’s oldest licensed premises, first opening its doors in

HEMMES LOCKS HORNS WITH BEEF MAGNATES OVER AN ESTABLISHMENT

Posted on April 26th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale is in a trademark dispute with a new Brisbane restaurant representing giant multinational Stanbroke beef, over the rights to the name Establishment. Establishment 203 opened its doors on Marshall St in Fortitude Valley on 28 November, 2023, being the

BROTHERS JAILED OVER DRUNKEN BRAWL

Posted on February 21st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A pair of brothers have been sent to prison over a drunken brawl at the Tourist Hotel, where they punched and assaulted a female worker. Parliament House security worker Benjamin Stewart McLennan, aged 41, and his mechanic brother Joshua McLennan,

PUB BRAWL RESULTS IN CHARGES FOR TWO COPS

Posted on January 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Two ranked police officers have been charged over a brawl at a Central Coast pub made famous by involving NRL star Tom Starling, after a three-year battle to clear his name and get justice. On December 5, 2020 the Canberra

WOMAN SUES LYONS’ PUB OVER ASSAULT BY ANOTHER WOMAN

Posted on January 17th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A woman is suing the pub owned by Darryn Lyons – former Geelong mayor – after being assaulted by another patron that she says should have been removed earlier. Rebecca Gerdsen lodged a writ with the County Court over the

DAYLESFORD PUB FATAL CRASH: DRIVER CHARGED

Posted on December 15th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The driver of a car that tore through the beer garden of the Royal Hotel Daylesford last month, killing five people, has faced court over 14 charges, accused of ignoring repeated alerts on his blood sugar. Police report a white

HOTEL FINED OVER TEEN GAMBLING SPREE

Posted on December 8th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A Melbourne pub has been fined for its role in the run-away debts and gambling problem of a 16-year-old, whose mother had tried every means to stop him. The Melbourne mother discovered her son was gambling thousands of dollars, and

CLAREMONT OWNERS SUING NATIONAL BUILDER FDC

Posted on December 7th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The landlords of AVC’s glittering Claremont Hotel, which re-emerged this year after a massive makeover, are allegedly suing builders FDC Construction over matters relating to ‘breach of contract’. A hotel opened on the site in Perth’s western suburbs in 1886,

MEN SENTENCED OVER SERIOUS ATTACK ON BUNDY PUB WORKERS

Posted on November 29th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Two bricklayers have been sentenced and are lucky to escape serious prison time after an incident at a Queensland pub where they terrorised two staff members in a “prolonged” violent attack. Gladstone Magistrates Court heard the report of 24-year-old Zachary

PUB ROBBERIES AND ARRESTS IN NEWCASTLE REGION

Posted on November 22nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
An armed heroin user who robbed multiple pubs has been sentenced, and two teens arrested over assault and auto theft of an employee, after a series of incidents in the Newcastle region. Appearing before Newcastle District Court, it was reported