Barred by Restaurant after fall

Q    SOME time ago I pursued a successful Insurance claim against a well-known Restaurant when I fell down their stairs due to their negligence.

Last week I returned to the same Restaurant with some guests and was told that I was not welcome. In fact I was told that they were unwilling to serve me. Does the Restaurant have a right to do this? This incident caused me a great deal of embarrassment.

A   UNFORTUNATELY the Restaurateur is quite within his rights in refusing to serve you.

He has the right to refuse admission and obviously in this case he decided that as you had sued him, he was unwilling to have you back again. This attitude of course is childish and not the view taken by the better establishments.

THE STAR   Friday  January 5, 1990