Overview

Overview

Tony’s clients range from small restaurants and café operators through to multi-venue sites or large scale developers.   His current clients include hotels, bar operators, clubs, bottleshops, restaurants, caterers, vignerons, wholesalers, resorts, internet operators, entertainment and accommodation style premises.   He represents the interests of Woolworths Limited in their 327 licensed premises throughout NSW.   Tony’s clients also extend to major developers who require assistance with the licensing of new resort style projects (including golf courses) that incorporate large scale redevelopment of sites and multiple uses at that site.

Further Details

Further Details

• Bachelor of Law from the University of Sydney graduating in 1979.
• Author of the liquor licensing publication McDonald’s Licensing Laws of NSW.  The service is used and relied upon by other solicitors, Court Officers, Magistrates and Officers of the NSW Casino, Liquor & Gaming Control Authority.
• Lecturer, with regular lectures given on licensing law to solicitors and others through the Young Lawyers of NSW, the NSW State Legal Conference, the Regional Law Society, Liquor Accords and to private industry conferences and groups.
• Expert witness in proceedings involving liquor licensing practice and procedure.
• Retained solicitor and adviser for Woolworths Limited since 1996 in respect of their licensing work in NSW.

Experience

Experience

• NSW Liquor licensing practice and procedure.
• Gaming advice (sales, acquisitions or operational matters relating to gaming machine entitlements or poker machine permits).
• Investigations, complaints and prosecutions instigated by the Police, Director of Liquor and Gaming or the Authority.
• Acquisition and disposal of assets.  Expert advice is given to clients in commercial transactions when selling or acquiring a liquor licence and the drafting of special conditions for contracts for sale or leases.
• Operational issues including compliance and regulatory matters, lease disputes, poker machine entitlement issues, extension of trading hours, outdoor smoking areas and disputes involving restrictive conditions imposed by Councils or local consent authorities.
• Licence related authorisations including extended trading authorisations, minor area authorisations, primary service authorisations, sale on other premises authorisations and the like authorisations.
• Community Impact Statements.  Tony’s experience in this area is second to none.  He was involved in more social impact assessments before the former Liquor Administration Board than any other legal adviser in NSW.

Projects

Projects

Tony has been involved in large scale licensing projects right through to the licensing of small cafés.  Tony acts for and has played a significant part in the successful expansion of the chains Woolworths Liquor, BWS – Beer Wine Spirits and Dan Murphy’s in NSW, with those licensed stores now standing strong at 327.

No job is too big or small!  Satisfied clients include:-

• Major developers namely those incorporating large scale development of sites and multiple uses at that site, such as the Vintage Golf Resort Pokolbin, Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club Luddenham, Westfield Shopping Centres (Bondi Junction and Sydney CBD), Byron Bay Beach Resort, ANZ Stadium, Camden Lakeside Country Club, Pacific Dunes Port Stephens Resort, Cypress Lakes Resort, Hope Estate Pokolbin, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, Acer Arena, The Parklands Resort and Conference Centre Mudgee and Eco Point Resorts, just to mention a few.
• Club, bottleshop or vigneron operators – Fosters Australia, Woolworths Limited (incorporating the chains Woolworths Liquor, BWS – Beer Wine Spirits and Dan Murphy’s), Australian Hotels Association, The Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group, Supabarn Supermarkets, Charlie’s Liquor Barn Panania, IGA Currans Hill, Roses Only, Brands Exclusive Australia, The Wine Society, Quarter 21, Kemeny’s Food and Liquor, Penrith Rugby League Club, Bakehouse Quarter, Bulldogs League Club, Panthers Rugby League Club, Cronulla Sutherland Leagues Club, Cheltenham Recreation Club, Pizza Moncur (Woollahra), Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, IGA Quirindi, Delicado Foods (McMahons Point), Ettalong Beach War Memorial Club, Auburn Cellars, IGA Gundaroo, IGA Berrigan, McGuigan Simeon Wines, IGA Coolamon, Drummoyne Rowing Club, Ripples – Aqua Dining Group, Inglewood Wines, North Sydney Cellars, Randwick Rugby Club, Simon Whitlam and Co, Bondi Beach Cellars, Royal Motor Yacht Club (Port Hacking), Blackheath Bowling Club, The Mandarin Club, Normanhurst Cellars, Condobolin Sports Club, Moorebank Rugby League Club and S.H.W Vineyards, just to mention a few.
• Chains – Coco Cubano, BWS – Beer Wine Spirits, Hurricanes Grill and Bar, Cellarmasters Group, Fratelli Fresh, Waldorf Apartments, Dan Murphy’s and Woolworths Liquor.
• Hotel operators – Collingwood Hotel Liverpool, Hotel Illawarra (Wollongong), Grand Hotel (Bondi Junction), Eastern Hotel Group, Vauxhall Inn (Granville), Sawdust Hotel (Gladesville), Heritage Hotel St Peters (Parramatta), Hotel Parramatta, Shirt Bar (Sydney), Woolgoolga Beach Hotel, Belgian Beer Café (The Rocks and Cammeray), Roxy Hotel (Parramatta), Scary Canary (Sydney), Twin Willows Hotel Bass Hill, The New Albury Hotel, Coast Hotel Coffs Harbour, Ramada Ballina Hotel, Cabarita Beach Hotel, Yamba Shores Tavern, Piccadilly Hotel (Potts Point), Great Southern Bar (Sydney), Hard Rock Café, The Royal Hotel (Bondi), The Berry Hotel, The Olympic Hotel (Sydney), Taren Point Hotel, Duke of Edinburgh Hotel (Enmore), North Annandale Hotel, The Kingswood Hotel (Penrith), The Gladstone Park Hotel, Milestone Hotel (Dubbo), Soden’s Australia Hotel (Albury), Bago Tavern (Wauchope), Imperial Hotel Picton, Oaklands Hotel, The Basement (Sydney), Trumps Tavern (Sydney), Evening Star Hotel (Sydney), Yamba Shores Tavern, Midnight Shift Hotel (Darlinghurst), Hotel Orange, Hastings Hotel Wauchope, Winners Circle Group, Shoal Bay Country Club Hotel, The Mona Vale Hotel, The Holiday Inn Coogee Beach, Hotel Nikko (Kings Cross), The New Tattersalls Hotel Glen Innes, The Fairfield Hotel, The Auburn Hotel, The Austotel Group, The Landmark Park Royal (Sydney), Camperdown Travel Lodge, Prince of Wales Hotel Merewether, just to mention a few.
• Restaurant , bar, nightclub, motel or catering operators – Becasse (Sydney), Quarter 21 (Sydney), Monkey Magic (Surry Hills), Viva Karaoke (Sydney), Alliance Francaise de Sydney, JetBar and Restaurant Coffs Harbour, Pizza Moncur (Woollahra), The Iceberg Group (Nield Avenue Restaurant), Millennium Restaurants (Darlington and Bondi Beach), Ragu Pasta & Wine Bar (Sydney), Dolce Ristorante (Sydney), Cara and Co (Sydney), Bay 88 (Rushcutters Bay), Tokyo Joe’s Restaurant (Sydney), Bondi Massive (Bondi Beach), Spiedo Restaurant and Bar (Sydney), The Ditzy Tart Bondi Beach, Crème Café Woollahra, Pizza E Birra, Surry Hills, Bills Restaurants, Toko Restaurant (Paddington and Surry Hills), Tokonoma Surry Hills, Cocomangas Byron Bay, Etch Restaurant (Sydney), Showgirls (Potts Point), Bondi Pizza Bar and Grill, Cloudy Bay (Sydney), The Oaks Group, Passion8 Catering, The QVB, Macquarie University, University of NSW, Chat Thai (Sydney), Summit Restaurant Group, Bar H (Surry Hills), Lake Crackenback Resort (Jindabyne), Campos (Sydney), Cherrijam (Double Bay), Fishers Café (Double Bay), Café 21 (Double Bay), Cosmopolitan (Double Bay), Woolloomooloo Wharf, Balzac Restaurant (Randwick), Mille Vini (Sydney), Dish Restaurant (Byron Bay), Byron Bay Beach Café, P & O Caterers, Price & Speed (Botany), Woolloomooloo Waters and Fox Studies, just to mention a few.

Publications

Publications

Contact Info

Contact Info

T (02) 8383 3777