Sherry v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 237

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Sherry v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 237 Hearing dates: 28 April 2022 Date of orders: 14 July 2022 Decision date: 14 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: Administrative Law – Firearms licensing – refusal of licence – risk to safety - public interest. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: Bevan v Commissioner of Police [2004] NSWADT 1 Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor and Ors (1995) 131 ALR 657 Commissioner of Police v Toleafoa [1999] NSWADTAP 9 Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police v Mercer [2005] NSWADTAP 55 Constantin v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Cusumano v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2001] NSWADT 50 Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith [1991] VicRp 6; (1991) 1 VR 63 Hoffman v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 89 Joseph v NSW Commissioner of Police [2017] NSWCA 31 Kassem v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 213 Kavalieratos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 117. Lukas v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 268 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] 297 ALR 225 Oliver v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 95, [23]. Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 Todorovski v Commissioner of Police [2019] NSWCATAD 192 Uzelac v Commissioner of Police, Ministry of Police [2003] NSWADT 226 Vella v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2003] NSWADT 91 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: Phillip Sherry (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: W Shukoor (Applicant)