In the Courts

COURT RULES ON LAUNDY’S QUARRYMAN’S QUAGMIRE

Posted on May 14th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A controversial case of buyer’s remorse has been settled in the NSW Supreme Court this week, bringing judgement on a dispute over the sale of the Quarryman’s Hotel by Laundy Hotels to the Parras family. More than a year since

FAIR WORK PENALISES PUBLICAN OVER FAILURE TO BACK-PAY

Posted on April 23rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $3,500 penalty for the former operator of the Farmers Arms Hotel for breaching the Fair Work Act by failing to comply with a Compliance Notice over employee pay. FWO inspectors commenced an investigation

MANAGER WHO STOLE $85k FINDS SYMPATHETIC SENTENCE

Posted on March 12th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A manager caught misappropriating over $85k from an ALH pub has received a sympathetic sentence to her latest conviction, due to serious health concerns. The 37-year-old woman [name withheld] worked at ALH’s Wilsonton Hotel in Toowoomba, with duties including banking

MAN RAMS PATRONS INTO PUB WITH 4WD

Posted on March 3rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
CCTV footage has emerged of a man driving a 4WD into the front of a Darwin pub, through a group of patrons that had just beaten him outside. The video obtained by 9News shows several people punching, dragging and stomping

CORKMAN PUB COWBOY DEVELOPERS OFF TO JAIL

Posted on December 18th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The so-called ‘cowboy’ developers that illegally demolished Melbourne’s historic Corkman’s Irish Pub have been jailed for a month and ordered to pay over $400,000 in fines and legal costs. In 2016 news broke of a fire in the pub, which

SODEN’S GETS SMASHED BY A CAR

Posted on November 25th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Albury’s oldest pub, Soden’s Hotel, is looking at a massive repair bill after a reckless driver crashed into the 163-year-old heritage building, bringing down its awning. Around 3am on Saturday a 24-year-old driver, allegedly seen driving erratically and doing burnouts,

MAN FACES CHARGES FOR RAMMING TWO GIRLS INTO A PUB

Posted on October 21st, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A 33-year-old man has appeared in court, accused of ramming his ute into a pub in Collie last week, pinning two young women to the wall, causing horrific injuries. Last Thursday night 23-year-old Georgia Moloney and 18-year-old Alexis Tate were

PUB MANAGER SUES ALH FOR $750K

Posted on October 12th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A former manager at ALH’s Royal Hotel in Beenleigh is suing the group for around $750,000, claiming their failure to provide safe conditions resulted in her PTSD and ongoing disability. In a statement of claim filed in Beenleigh District Court,

RAPPER GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED OVER PUB BRAWLS

Posted on August 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Salec Sua, aka ‘Lekks’, has been jailed again this week for his role in a brawl at the Village Hotel last year, occurring shortly before he was jailed for a previous brawl at the Carousel Inn that nearly killed an

FORMER SOLDIER CHARGED OVER DEATH IN CANBERRA PUB

Posted on July 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A 35-year-old former soldier has been charged with murder over an alleged attack and the death of another man, in a Canberra pub last week. Police understand Kerry Kourpanidis was dining at the Kingston Hotel on 5 July with his