Clinch Long Letherbarrow ’s team are highly experienced in providing commercially-minded advice and guidance to proprietors of hotels, restaurants, bottle shops and others involved with liquor and gaming.

We advise in relation to all facets of business, ranging from small business to large scale providers. We also provide specialist legal advice regarding hotel, liquor and gaming to other legal firms.

The firm is proud to be an associate member of the Australian Hotels Association. We like to help our liquor and gaming clients keep abreast of important developments in the law and compliance issues generally To that end, in addition to articles published in the AHA’s Hotel News Magazine, we also provide regular articles to Hotelier magazine, and provide a free monthly newsletter form hotelier, licensees and others involved in the industry, Law on Tap.

Our services include:

• Advice and representation on liquor licensing applications including new grants and objections, licence conditions, removals, function authorities, authorised areas, redefinitions, accommodation, transfers, owner in possession and social impact assessments
• Advice and representation on gaming machine applications including transfers of poker machine entitlements, shut down periods, increase in machines, social impact assessments and hardship applications
• Sale, purchase and leasing of hotels and other licensed premises
• Assisting with dispute resolution regarding licence infringements, legislation infringements, Section 104 complaints, and council, police and neighbour issues
• Compliance issues including applications and submissions to council, applications and submissions to the Department of Gaming and Racing, occupational health and safety, employment, insurance, business names, variation of trading hours
• Services to restaurants including licence transfers and grants, licence conditions and objections, trading hours, disputes involving council, police, neighbours, seating issues, redefinition of area and compliance issues
• Services to bottle shops including licence grants, transfers and removals, licence conditions and objections, redefinition of licensed area, variation of trading hours, dispute issues and compliance issues
• Other licences including vignerons, theatres, functions, governor’s licences and night clubs.

 
We would be pleased to discuss your particular requirements with you.

Contact the experienced lawyers at Clinch Long Letherbarrow for a full range of services regarding hotel, liquor and gaming.