Fawaz v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 296

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Fawaz v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2022] NSWCATAD 296 Hearing dates: 30 August 2022 Date of orders: 5 September 2022 Decision date: 05 September 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Emeritus Prof G D Walker, Senior Member Decision: Summons set aside. Catchwords: LICENSING – firearms – firearms prohibition order – summons to produce documents – application to set aside summons. Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney-General for New South Wales v Chidgey [2008] NSWCCA 65; Carroll v Attorney-General for New South Wales (1993) 70 A Cr R 162; CPJ v University of Newcastle [2017] NSWCATAD 35; DYH v Public Guardian [2019] NSWCATAD 211; Knight v Department of Justice [2011] VCAT 1708; QQ v Commissioner of Police [2011] NSWADT 54; R v Saleam [1999] NSWCA 86; Secretary, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment v Blacktown City Council [2021] NSWCA 145; Sharpe v Grobbel [2017] NSWSC 1065. Texts Cited: B Cairns, Australian Civil Procedure, Thomson Reuters, 10th edn. Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Hilal Fawaz (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: H El-Hage (Applicant) A Douglas-Baker (Respondent)