In the Courts

SUPREME COURT FINDS FOR MA FINANCIAL

Posted on August 16th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW Supreme Court has ruled Mark Toma, owner of pub-developer Virtical, to complete the troubled $61 million Taylor Square deal and pay costs to the vendor, MA Financial. The unlisted MA Taylor Square Fund acquired the prominent Courthouse Hotel

AUSTRAL HOTEL OPERATORS FIGHT TO STAY

Posted on August 5th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The tenants and landlord of the Austral Hotel are in an ongoing legal dispute over whether or not the operators can continue at their investment, after disputes over an alleged renewal agreement. In 2020 Brettski Stewart and Ian Stewart, cousins,

VCAT WIN FOR MIDDLE PARK HOTEL SEES BLUE SKY

Posted on July 31st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
AVC’s Middle Park Hotel is moving up, hurdling a protracted battle with locals in VCAT for expansion and a rooftop terrace in the ‘quaint’ central Melbourne precinct. National pub operator Australian Venue Co looked to undertake one of its signature

POLICE SWOOP ON PATRON BANDIT

Posted on July 5th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A man faced Court this week over a violent armed robbery of a Lyneham pub on the weekend, using a knife to intimidate staff and making off with cash and alcohol. According to a police statement, around 9.40pm on Saturday

HOTELIER CONVICTED OF STEALING MILLIONS FROM ABORIGINAL TRUST

Posted on May 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A septuagenarian hotelier and financial advisor has been found guilty of swindling nearly $3 million from the Yugunga-Nya trust, supposedly to prop up his pub.   Thomas Graham Greenaway operated as trustee to the charitable fund, distributing mining royalties to

OFFICER HIT AND RUN BY STOLEN CAR AT BURVALE HOTEL

Posted on May 24th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Two men have been arrested after a stolen car was used to hit a senior police officer attempting to stop a getaway, in the carpark of the Burvale Hotel in Melbourne’s east. According to investigators, the men stole a white

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,