Lawson v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 308

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lawson v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWCATAD 308 Hearing dates: 15 December 2022; 17 August 2023 Date of orders: 5 December 2023 Decision date: 05 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Montgomery, Senior Member Decision: The decision under review is affirmed. Catchwords: Administrative Law – Firearms Act - firearms licence - revocation of licence – alleged domestic violence – aggressive conduct Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Firearms Act 1996 Mental Health Act 2007 Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Barlow v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2003] NSWADT 254 Bladen v NSW Commissioner of Police [2015] NSWCATAD 240 Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd v O'Connor (No 2) (1995) 131 ALR 657 Constantin v Commissioner of Police [2013] NSWADTAP 16 Cusumano v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2001] NSWADT 50 Director-General, Transport New South Wales v AIC (GD) [2011] NSWADTAP 65 Grenfell v Commissioner of Police [2021] NSWCATAD 124 Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No. 2) (1955) 93 CLR 127 Joseph v NSW Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCA 31 Keane v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police [2008] NSWADT 68 Martin v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] NSWCATAD 97 Masterson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales [2017] NSWCATAP 206 Meacham v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 107 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Pochi (1980) 44 FLR 41 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 Sullivan v Civil Aviation Authority (2014) 226 FCR 555 Ward v Commissioner of Police [2000] NSWADT 28 Webb v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2004] NSWADT 110 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Anthony Lawson (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Mainstone Lawyers (Applicant) Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/157208 Publication restriction: Section 64 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 applies to those paragraphs of these reasons identified as [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]. The information contained in those paragraphs is not to be disclosed other than to the parties and their legal advisors without further order of the Tribunal.