Ejected group return to Ivy and fight starts

One man allegedly taken to basement and beaten

Management ordered cleaning of crime scene: police



Hemmes to challenge court order

Ivy and the bar tsar

Justin Hemmes's nightspot Ivy reopened for business this afternoon after the Supreme Court quashed a 72-hour closure order after security guards allegedly assaulted a man at the weekend.

Police had been granted a "notice of urgent short term closure order" of the popular George Street venue under section 82 of the Liquor Act after the man was allegedly kicked, punched and gagged, with hotel management accused of ordering the crime scene to be cleaned before police arrived.

Justin Hemmes ... the latest incident comes nearly three months after he was held at gunpoint at another of his Sydney hotels, The Excelsior. Credit:Wade Laube

But this afternoon, Justice Peter Johnson quashed the order after police and Mr Hemmes's family company Merivale agreed to consent orders.