Legal

PADDINGTON’S VILLAGE STAYS INN

Posted on December 6th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The fashion label owners of Paddington’s Village Inn have lost their court appeal to convert the site into a flagship store, as the pub’s trade benefits from the community outrage. Located near the corner of Glenmore Road and Oxford Street,

MAN DIES AFTER CUP DAY ASSAULT

Posted on November 13th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A man is behind bars, facing escalated charges after a man he allegedly punched at the Ettamogah Hotel has died of his injuries. Around 8pm on Tuesday night, following a Melbourne Cup event, emergency services were called to ALH’s premise

MAN ARRESTED OVER ARKABA RAMPAGE

Posted on November 6th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A Sydney man accused of assaulting staff and damaging several poker machines at the Hurley Group’s Arkaba Hotel has been released into home detention, after being detained by workers. Around 2pm on Sunday afternoon police were called to the Hotel

ROYAL MELBOURNE PASSES THE PUB TEST

Posted on November 1st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The stately Royal Melbourne Hotel has been exonerated in a court case where a patron sued the pub and an assailant for injuries sustained in an altercation. Around 10pm on 30 May 2018, Rene Van Rullen was in the venue

MEN ARRESTED OVER MULTIPLE PUB ARMED ROBBERIES

Posted on October 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Police have arrested and charged two men over a series of crimes, hitting seven pubs in Sydney and the mid-north coast with attempted and mostly successful armed robberies. It is alleged that around 10.20am Monday, 26 August, an armed hold-up

DAYLESFORD FATAL PUB CRASH DRIVER WALKS

Posted on September 20th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A magistrate has opted to dismiss all charges against the driver of a car that crashed into the outdoor area of a Daylesford pub last year, with families and survivors challenging the ‘injustice’. According to police and witnesses, around 6pm

POLICE INVESTIGATE SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES

Posted on September 13th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Police are appealing for information from the public on a series of surprisingly similar armed robberies on hotels, in Adelaide and south-western Sydney. Reportedly two men, armed with a handgun and a knife and with their faces covered, rushed the

DEVELOPERS LOSE BATTLE OVER CONTRACTED WORK BY VENDOR

Posted on September 9th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The forces behind developers Virtical and Core Asset Development have lost in their attempt to sue the prior owner of the historic Hotel Australasia over supposedly contracted works not completed. Image: Australian National University archives The heritage-listed Hotel was built

LIVINGSTONE HIT IN BRAZEN ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on August 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Two men are on the run from police in Sydney and a man has been arrested in Melbourne over multiple armed robberies at pubs and clubs. According to reports, two armed men entered Oscars’ Livingstone Hotel in Sydney’s inner west

CHARGES UPGRADED AFTER PUB ASSAULT VICTIM DIES

Posted on August 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
An assault in a pub in north-west Adelaide earlier this month has seen a man die and his accused assailant’s charges escalated. Luke Sweetman, with his sister, Laura Sweetman According to police, 29-year-old Matthew Hawkins allegedly punched 35-year-old local Luke