Ryan v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 23

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ryan v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 23 Hearing dates: 11 December 2020 Date of orders: 05 February 2021 Decision date: 05 February 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Naida Isenberg, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: LICENSING - firearms licence – revocation – exercise of discretion - public interest Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Firearms Act 1996 Firearms Regulation 2006 Cases Cited: AML v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADT 5 Austrac Operations Pty Ltd v New South Wales (2003) FCA 1013 Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor (1995) 131 ALR 657 Constantin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Hill v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 218 Hoffman v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 89 LY v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2004] NSWADT 115 McDonald v Director General of Social Security (1984) 1FCR 353 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 Masterson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAP 206 Nakad v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAP 10 New South Wales v Taylor [2001] HCA 15; (2001) 178 ALR 32 Petas v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2013] NSWADT 137 Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2008] HCA 31. Ward v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 28 Webb v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2004] NSWADT 110 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jade Ryan (Applicant) Commissioner of Police (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Silkman Hockey (Applicant) Maddocks Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00239501 Publication restriction: In addition to the Orders set out above, pursuant to ss 64(1)(b), 64(1)(c) and 64(1)(d) of the CAT Act, the transcript and recording of the confidential hearing in these preliminary proceedings and the contents of all paragraphs in these Reasons marked "[Not for publication]" are not to be published or released to the Applicant or the public.