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Adequate reasons not given for refusal of certificate for short firearm
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High Court: (a) quashes a decision of a Chief Superintendent to refuse both an application for a certificate for a pre-2008 'grandfathered' short firearm, and an application for a certificate for a substituted modern firearm, on the grounds that the reasons given only addressed the second of the two applications without addressing the first application; and (b) directs that the applications be remitted to a different decision-maker.
Judicial review - Firearms Act 1925 - Firearms Act 1964 - 'short firearm' - firearm with barrel not longer than 30 cm or where overall length does not exceed 60 centimetres - general prohibition on grant of firearm certificates in respect of short firearms - exceptions - certificate granted in 2017 in respect of pre-2008 firearm - application in 2020 for new certificate - further application to substitute modern firearm for pre-2008 firearm - refusal of both applications - reasons given only for second decision.
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