Douglas White (jurist)

The Honourable
Sir Douglas White
KNZM KC
White in 2018
Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington
In office
1996–1999
Preceded byElizabeth Orr
Succeeded byRussell Marshall
Personal details
Born
Douglas John White

(1945-09-05) 5 September 1945 (age 79)
Wellington, New Zealand
Relatives
OccupationLawyer

Sir Douglas John White KNZM KC (born 5 September 1945) is a former New Zealand jurist.

Early life and family

White was born in Wellington in 1945. The jurist Sir John White (1911–2007) was his father, and Charles White, a lawyer and briefly a member of the Legislative Council, was his grandfather.[1] He was educated as a boarder at Nelson College from 1959 to 1963,[2] and went on to study law at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating Bachelor of Laws with first-class honours.[3]

After practising as a litigation partner and then independent barrister, White was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988.[3][4] He sat as a judge of the High Court from 2009 until 2012, when he was appointed to the bench of the Court of Appeal.[4] He retired in 2015.[4] In 2016, White was appointed to the Cook Islands Court of Appeal.[3]

Other activities

White served on the council of Victoria University of Wellington for 20 years, and was chancellor of the university from 1996 to 1999.[2][3][5]

Honours

In the 2018 New Year Honours, White was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary.[6]

References

  1. ^ Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. pp. 683f. ISBN 9780790001302.
  2. ^ a b "Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005". Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 (CD-ROM) (6th ed.). 2006.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sir Douglas White retiring from Law Commission". New Zealand Law Society. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "New Year honours 2018 – citations for Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ "New chancellor for Victoria University". Scoop Education. 13 December 1999. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  6. ^ "New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2019.


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