NEW SOUTH WALES COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT FOR COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, NSW POLICE FORCE V/S BILAL MALAS CASE

Australia, April 13 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 14:

This is an appeal from the Tribunal's decision of 23 September 2024 to set aside the decision of the Appellant (the Commissioner) to revoke the Respondent's (Mr Malas) category AB Firearms licence (the Decision).

Background

The following background is substantially taken from the Decision of the Tribunal at first instance. We note that the Commissioner, except for two findings the subject of ground 1 of the appeal, does not dispute the primary factual findings made by the Tribunal in the Decision.

Mr Malas was issued with a category AB Firearms licence on 30 March 2020. The licence was due to expire on 21 May 2027. On 17...