1. Bar Owner Takes Responsibility too far
A bar owner was linked to an assault involving a patron that was evicted from his establishment.
The incident almost cost the bar owner his licence and forced him to pay a fine of $4000. The
patron was assaulted by the bar owner in the parking lot outside the bar after evicting the patron
from the bar. The bar owner then had the tapes of the incident destroyed and altered CCTV
camera configuration in an attempt to obstruct justice and keep police from uncovering the truth.
This incident is quite scary for patrons, to think that bar owners can engage in this type of
behaviour. No matter what the patron does to provoke the bar staff and management, they still
need to behave in a professional manner and exercise their responsible service of alcohol
duties. The fact that the licensee was entrusted with permission to sell alcohol meant that he
was expected to behave in a more responsible manner, instead he exercised poor judgement.
While bar owners do have a responsibility to deny service of alcohol to unduly intoxicated
patrons and evict people that are hostile, overly intoxicated or aggressive from their
establishment, they do not have the right to resort to violence. Tact needs to be employed when
dealing with unduly intoxicated or problematic patrons.
Bar Owner Takes Responsibility too far
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