Alkini v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 299

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Alkini v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 299 Hearing dates: 24 August 2022 Date of orders: 7 September 2022 Decision date: 07 September 2022 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: Administrative Law – refusal of licence application – failure to meet firearms licence conditions – whether the Applicant is a fit and proper person to have a firearms licence - whether it is contrary to the public interest for the Applicant to hold a firearms licence. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 at 380 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 Director-General, Transport New South Wales v AIC (GD) [2011] NSWADTAP 65 Elrich v Commissioner of Police [2022] NSWCATAD 78 Hoffman v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 89 Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No. 2) (1955) 93 CLR 127 Joseph v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCA 31 Kavalieratos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAD 117. Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] 297 ALR 225 Nepotu v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2020] NSWCATAD 101 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 Smith v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force and NSW Fair Trading [2014] NSWCATAD 184 Sobey v Commercial and Private Agents Board (1979) 22 SASR 70 Todorovski v Commissioner of Police [2019] NSWCATAD 192 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 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ahmad Alkini (Applicant) Commissioner of Police (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Michael Bowe (Applicant) Sparke Helmore Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/00129333 Publication restriction: Nil