Bruce Robertson (judge)

The Honourable Sir Bruce Robertson KNZM
Robertson in 2010

Justice of the Court of Appeal
In office 2005–2010

Personal details
Born	(1944-02-15) 15 February 1944 (age 80) Dunedin, New Zealand
Spouse	Lindsay Joyce Radford (m. 1969)
Children	3
Education	Otago Boys' High School
Alma mater	University of Otago University of Virginia

Sir James Bruce Robertson KNZM (born 15 February 1944), generally known as Bruce Robertson, is a retired judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, where he was appointed in May 2005.

Early life and family

Born in Dunedin on 15 February 1944, Robertson was educated at Wakari School and Otago Boys' High School.^[1]^[2] He is a graduate of the University of Otago and the University of Virginia. He holds an honorary LLD from the University of Otago.^[3]

In 1969, Robertson married Lindsay Joyce Radford, and the couple went on to have three children.^[2]

Legal career

Before becoming a High Court judge in 1987, Robertson was a partner in the law firm Ross, Dowling, Marquet and Griffin.^[4] One of his earliest appointments after his appointment to the High Court was to chair the Search and Search Warrants Committee, which published its final report in 1988. From 2001 until his appointment as a member of the Court of Appeal, he was President of the New Zealand Law Commission.^[5] Robertson was also a judge on the Court of Appeal of Vanuatu.

Robertson is also the consulting editor for Adams on Criminal Law and Adams on Criminal Law Student Edition.^[3]

In 2013, Robertson was appointed as chairperson of the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand.^[6]^[7]

Robertson was appointed as the New Zealand Commissioner of Security Warrants in July 2013.^[8]

He has been an international commercial court judge for the Qatar International Court since 2013.^[9]

Honours

In the 2010 New Year Honours, Robertson was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as a judge of the High Court and the Court of Appeal.^[10]

References

^ Murdoch, Wendy (17 December 2016). "National portrait: Judge trades law books for good reads and binge-gardening in the country". The Press. p. C3. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). "New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001". New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers: 754–755. ISSN 1172-9813.
^ ^a ^b Robertson, B., Finn, J. (2009) Adams on Criminal Law 2009 Student Edition. Brookers Ltd. ISBN 9780864726681
^ "The Judges of the Court of Appeal — Courts of New Zealand". Courtsofnz.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Hon Sir Bruce Robertson". New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
^ "Hon Sir Bruce Robertson KNZM, VGSM". Sports Tribunal of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Sir Bruce Robertson to chair Sports Tribunal – NZ Law Society". My.lawsociety.org.nz. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Commissioner of Security Warrants appointed". Beehive.govt.nz. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Sir Bruce Robertson | QICDRC". www.qicdrc.gov.qa. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ "New Year honours list 2010". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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