In the Courts

OXFORD CLOSES AS MAKRIS FAMILY FIGHTS IN COURT

Posted on September 20th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Oxford Hotel of North Adelaide has closed amid a multimillion-dollar legal battle between property magnate Con Makris and his daughter, the proprietor. After emigrating to Australia from Greece in 1963, Makris, now 76, took root in Adelaide. He

EMPLOYEE CHARGED FOR TRYING TO STOP PATRON DRINK DRIVING

Posted on September 8th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A pub employee has been convicted and fined for an over-zealous attempt to stop a patron from drink driving. According to police documents tendered in court, 47-year-old Andrew Winter from Catalina, who works at the Bay View Hotel in Batemans

ESCALATING CHARGES OVER DEATH AT BURNETT HEADS PUB

Posted on June 26th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A man is facing major charges in relation to injuries and the subsequent death of another man, after an altercation at the Lighthouse Hotel on Tuesday (20 June). According to reports, 38-year-old father Matthew James Hayes was behaving inappropriately and

MAN MURDERED OUTSIDE SALE PUB

Posted on May 8th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Homicide detectives have charged a man over the murder of another man stabbed outside a Victorian pub with his wife, after a celebration. Clint Allen, aged 38, was with a group of people including his wife, Bek, for the occasion

TABCORP AND HOTEL CHARGED OVER UNDERAGE GAMING

Posted on May 5th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Victoria’s regulator has hit Tabcorp and the Preston Hotel with multiple charges and launched a wider investigation over reports of minors being allowed to gamble. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) alleges staff at the Preston Hotel allowed

HOTELIERS IN COURT OVER PROLONGED UNDERPAYMENT

Posted on May 3rd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The operators of a well-known Daylesford hotel are facing court, accused of underpaying nearly 100 staff over a two-year period. Late last week the Fair Work Ombudsman revealed accusations against Louise Maree and Travis Francis Melotte, alleging they owe more than $300k in

OWNER ORDERED TO REBUILD DEMOLISHED HISTORIC PUB

Posted on March 20th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Developers who illegally demolished the cherished Punch Bowl Inn of Hurst Green, have been fined and ordered to rebuild the heritage-listed landmark to original plans, from the rubble. Built near the crest of a hillock on Longridge Road, in the

HIGH COURT RULES OVER LAUNDY PARRAS QUARRY

Posted on March 13th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The legal battle between Laundy Hotels and Colin Parras has finally concluded, seeing the High Court rule that the sale three years ago of the Quarryman’s Hotel should have proceeded. Arthur Laundy and co bought the Quarryman’s in 2011 for

MEN DODGE TIME OVER ASSAULTS

Posted on March 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Two men have avoided jail time after violent incidents against staff and others, spurred by drugs, alcohol and animated affections. Early January 2022, 21-year-old boilermaker William Hayes was socialising with his girlfriend and two other friends at the Huskisson Hotel,

MAN FOUND ALL BUT

Posted on March 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A magistrate has ruled against a claim of sexual assault by a Queensland mine worker, seeing CCTV of the man grabbing a girl’s bottom at a pub.   Martin Beau Hunter Shaw has been employed as a FIFO worker in