Carroll v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2021] NSWCATAD 301

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Carroll v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2021] NSWCATAD 301 Hearing dates: 11 October 2021 Date of orders: 20 October 2021 Decision date: 20 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Emeritus Prof GD Walker, Senior Member Decision: (1) Decision under review set aside. (2) A category AB firearms licence is to issue to the applicant. Catchwords: LICENSING – firearms – licence revocation – public interest. Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Firearms Regulation 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: AML v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADT 5; Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 316; Bronze Wing International Pty Ltd v SafeWork New South Wales [2017] NSWCA 42; Constantin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADT AP 16; Cusumano v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2001] NSWADT 50; Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 2 ALD 60; Hoffman v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 89; Kavalieratos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 117; Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97; Masterton v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAP 206; McDonald v Director-General, Social Security [1984] FCA 57, (1984) 1 FCR 354; Nakad v Commissioner of police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAP 10; Sterjovski v Director-General, Department of Transport [2002] NSWADT 10; Ward v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 28; Webb v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2004] NSWADT 110. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Timothy J Carroll (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Simpson (Applicant)