McLennan v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 232

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: McLennan v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 232 Hearing dates: 6 August 2021 Date of orders: 11 August 2021 Decision date: 11 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: K Ransome, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW – application for firearms licence – history of offending – whether not in the public interest for applicant to hold a licence Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor and Others (1995) ALR 657 Constantin v Commissioner of Police [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Cook v Commissioner of Police [2003] NSWADT 30 Cusumano v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWADT 50 Hill v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2002] NSWADT 218 Kavalieratos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 117 Keegan Jacques v Commissioner of Police [2017] NSWCATAD 145 Kopco v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2018] NSWCATAD 124 Laing v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 315 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 Masterson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales [2017] NSWCATAP 206 Tannous v Commissioner of Police [2011] NSWADT 116 Ward v Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADT 28 Wiltshire v Commissioner of Police [2005] NSWADT 75 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Steven McLennan (Applicant) Commissioner of Police (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (Self-Represented) Maddocks Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/00123646 Publication restriction: Section 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 applies to the material filed by the respondent on a confidential basis, to those paragraphs of these reasons identified as [Not for publication], to the evidence given in private before the Tribunal and to the record of that part of the proceedings conducted in private pursuant to s 49. That material is not to be released to either the applicant or to the public.