Find Lawyers in Australia for Hospitality and Tourism Law
Practice Area Overview
These laws address the rights, privileges, obligations and duties of a wide variety of individuals, businesses, and entities. The common thread which brings this disparate group together is the fact that they are all associated with or involved in eating, drinking, travelling, entertainment, and accommodation activities.
Some of the applicable laws are, however, specific to hospitality and tourism. For example, the law regulating selling and supplying of liquor. Such law in effect is codified in legislation which clearly sets out the different types of licences required to sell liquor, the tests for obtaining a licence, the rights and duties of licensees, and the offences and penalties imposed for breaches. The liquor industry is heavily regulated and controlled with its own specific legislation. Liquor licensing law is very technical and a specialist area of practice.
Jon advises liquor and hospitality industry clients and has extensive experience advising clients in respect of liquor licensing and gaming, frequently appearing before the Licensing Court and the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner. He deals with applications to the Licensing Authority in respect of a range of applications including in respect of new licences, corporate structures, licence transfers, landlord re-entries and variations to existing licences, and represents objectors to licensing ...
Darrell Jardine is a Partner and leads HopgoodGanim's Dispute Resolution practice. His expertise includes advising on contractual disputes, negligence claims, product liability litigation, class actions, insider trading and other claims brought by ASIC for statutory breaches and Royal Commissions. He offers a particular expertise in liquor licensing and gaming regulation and represents major participants in the leisure, sport and entertainment sector. Darrell is consistently recognised by lea...
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