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词条 John McGrath (judge)
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| image=
| honorific-prefix=The Honourable Sir
| name=John McGrath
| honorific-suffix= {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|QC|size=100}}
|order=Justice of the Supreme Court
|term_start=2005
|term_end=2015
|predecessor=
|successor=
| order2=Solicitor-General of New Zealand
| term_start2=1989
| term_end2=2000
| primeminister2=David Lange, Geoffrey Palmer, Mike Moore, Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley, Helen Clark
| predecessor2=Paul Neazor
| successor2=Terence Arnold
| birth_date={{Birth date|1945|03|10|df=y}}
| birth_name=John Joseph McGrath
| birth_place=Wellington, New Zealand
| death_date ={{Death date and age|2018|10|19|1945|03|10|df=yes}}
| death_place=Wellington, New Zealand
| spouse=Christine Anne Swallow
| relations= Denis McGrath (father)
| children=
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| religion=
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Sir John Joseph McGrath {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|QC|size=100%}} (10 March 1945 – 19 October 2018) was a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, serving in that role from 2005 until 2015.[1] He was also a judge of the Court of Appeal from 2000 to 2005, and the Solicitor-General of New Zealand from 1989 to 2000.

Career

Born in Wellington, McGrath attended Wanganui Collegiate School and graduated with a LLM from Victoria University of Wellington in 1968. He was a partner in Buddle Findlay, in Wellington, until he moved to the separate bar in 1984. He became Queen's Counsel in 1987 and he was Solicitor-General between 1989 and 2000. McGrath was appointed to the Court of Appeal in July 2000 and to the Supreme Court in May 2005. In 2007 he was appointed a New Zealand Order of Merit. The appointment was redesignated Knight Companion of that order in 2009.[2] McGrath died in Wellington on 19 October 2018 at the age of 73.[3]

References

1. ^Hon Justice McGrath, Final Sitting Speech, Friday 6 March 2015 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316141558/http://courtsofnz.govt.nz/from/announcements/announcements/Speechfinalsitting6%20March2015.pdf |date=16 March 2015 }} (Retrieved 13 March 2015)
2. ^Judge profiles courtsofnz.govt.nz{{dead link|date=December 2017}}
3. ^[https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/news/sir-john-mcgrath-dies "Sir John McGrath has died", New Zealand Law Society, 23 October 2018] (Retrieved 23 October 2018)

Sources

  • National Business Review, Arise Sir... or Dame... for 70 on honours list, by Nevil Gibson, 1 August 2009 (accessed 8:17PM 1 November 2009)
  • kiwisfirst.co.nz Profile
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150316141558/http://courtsofnz.govt.nz/from/announcements/announcements/Speechfinalsitting6%20March2015.pdf Hon Justice McGrath, Final Sitting Speech, Friday 6 March 2015] (Retrieved 13 March 2015)
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