A 135-year-old pub that was forced to close its doors permanently has still fallen into liquidation.
The Carringbush Hotel, which was based in melbourne, was shuttered at the start of June with the pub group’s owners citing “horrendous” expenses, adding they would need to charge a whopping $20 for a beer to survive.
However, news.com.au can reveal that The Carringbush Hotel operators had been locked in a bitter legal battle with its landlords.
A case was launched at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) by the landlords last year with six complaints made against The Carringbush Hotel tenants.
A judgment released in May stated there was “significant animosity” between the two parties and ruled the legal proceedings launched by the landlord were “vexatious”.
The landlord had sought an interlocutory injunction in October last year to restrain what The Carringbush Hotel did on site.
They made six complaints about the The Carringbush Hotel tenants and sought a range of orders, while the VCAT Judgement noted there was escalating “animosity” between the parties.
The landlord’s demands included that the pub operators “immediately cease playing music at the premises at excessive volume levels at any time…