Beaman v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2018] NSWCATAP 12

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Beaman v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2018] NSWCATAP 12 Hearing dates: 01 December 2017 Date of orders: 08 January 2018 Decision date: 08 January 2018 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: K O'Connor, AM, ADCJ, Deputy President Appeals J Kearney, Senior Member Decision: (1) Appeal dismissed Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Procedural Fairness - Firearms Licensing - Revocation of Licence - Affirmed by Tribunal - Whether Tribunal accorded Procedural Fairness - Deficiencies in case management - Inadequate consideration of an adjournment application - Not satisfied any practical injustice arose - Appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Firearms Act 1996 Firearms Regulation 1996 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 Cases Cited: Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 6 House v R [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; (2006) 228 CLR 357 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Benjamin David Beaman (Appellant) Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Respondent) Representation: In person (Appellant) Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): AP 17/31536 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Citation: [2017] NSWCATAD 191 Date of Decision: 16 June 2017 Before: C Ludlow, Senior Member File Number(s): 2016/00378556, 1610810