The Registrar of Alcohol and Gaming issued a Notice of Proposal to suspend the applicant's liquor licence, alleging the licensee permitted drunkenness on the premises.
The allegations stemmed from an incident where inspectors observed an intoxicated female patron who was later arrested for impaired driving.
The Licence Appeal Tribunal found insufficient evidence that the patron exhibited behaviour that should have alerted the licensee's staff to her intoxication prior to the inspectors' intervention.
The Tribunal concluded the Registrar failed to prove on a balance of probabilities that the licensee knew or ought to have known the patron was drunk, and directed the Registrar not to carry out the proposal.
