Wombey v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 150

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Wombey v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 150 Hearing dates: 22 March 2023 Date of orders: 16 June 2023 Decision date: 16 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: D Dinnen, Senior Member Decision: The Respondent's decision to revoke the Applicant's firearms licence is affirmed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW – firearms – revocation - licence conditions – participation requirements - public interest Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1977 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Firearms Act 1996 Firearms Regulation 2017 Public Health (COVID-19 Temporary Movement and Gathering Restrictions) Order 2021 Cases Cited: Bottomley v Commissioner of Police [2005] NSWADT 211 Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor and Others (1995) 131 ALR 657 Constantin v Commissioner of Police [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Cook v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 30 Davos v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2013] NSWADT 7 Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith (1991) 1 VR 63 Director-General, Ministry of Transport v FV (GD) [2008] NSWADTAP 60 Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 2 ALD 60 Esterman v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2014] NSWCATOD 70 Joseph v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCA 31 Kassem v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 213 Kocic v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (2014) 88 NSWLR 159 Loye v Director General, Department of Transport [2000] NSWADT 145 Lynch v Commissioner of Police (GD) [2006] NSWADTAP 43 Morris v The Commissioner of Police [2002] NSWADT 223 Petas v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2013] NSWADT 137 Sawires v Commissioner of Police [2010] NSWADT 4 Todorovski v Commissioner of Police [2019] NSWCATAD 192 Vella v Commissioner of Police [2003] NSWADT 91 Wiltshire v Commissioner of Police [2005] NSWADT 75 Wombey v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 84 Texts Cited: None Category: Principal judgment Parties: James Phillip Wombey (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Applicant (Self Represented) Maddocks Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/00279580 Publication restriction: None