Kassem v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 213

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kassem v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 213 Hearing dates: 3 June 2021 Date of orders: 23 July 2021 Decision date: 23 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Naida Isenberg, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: LICENSING- firearms – revocation - breach of licence conditions – participation requirements -public interest Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: AML v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADT 5 Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor (1995) 131 ALR 657 Commissioner of Police v Toleafoa [1999] NSWADTAP 9 Constantin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Cook v Commissioner of Police [2003] NSWADT 30 Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith [1991] VicRp 6; (1991) 1 VR 63. Joseph v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCA 31 Keane v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2008] NSWADT 68 Hill v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 218 Hook v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAD 250 Jameson v Commissioner of Polcie [2019] NSWCATAD 25 Lee v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2020] NSWCATAS 144 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 McDonald v Director General of Social Security (1984) 1FCR 353 at 357 Nakad v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAP 10 Petas v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2013] NSWADT 137 Prevetera v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 133 Uzelac v Commissioner of Police, Ministry of Police [2003] NSWADT 226 Vella v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 91 Ward v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 28 Wiltshire v Commissioner of Police [2005] NSWADT 75 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Walid Kassem (Applicant) Commissioner of Police (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Hartmann & Associates, Solicitors (Applicant) Maddocks (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/00021691 Publication restriction: The publication of the evidence presented to the Tribunal in private session, and the publication of the confidential evidence and the confidential submissions filed by the Respondent is prohibited, pursuant to s 64(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013. The disclosure to the applicant of the material referred to in the order above, is prohibited, pursuant to s 64(1)(d) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013.