List of King's and Queen's Counsel in New Zealand
The office of King's Counsel was established in New Zealand in 1907.[1] During the reign of a male sovereign, appointees are called King's Counsel, and this applied from 1907 to 1952 during the reign of Edward VII (1907–1910),[2] George V (1910–1936),[3] Edward VIII (1936),[4] and George VI (1936–1952).[5] Since Elizabeth II ascended the throne in February 1952, new appointees are called Queen's Counsel and living King's Counsel become Queen's Counsel.[6] Forty-three King's Counsel had been appointed before 1952.[7]
Appointments in New Zealand can be made annually by the Governor-General acting on behalf of the sovereign. Recommendations are made by the Attorney-General with concurrence by the Chief Justice.[1] When the first ten appointments were made in June 1907 by Chief Justice Robert Stout, two were from Auckland, four were from Wellington, two were from Christchurch, and two were from Dunedin.[8] The first King's Counsel to die was Thomas Joynt on 5 September 1907, less than three months after his appointment;[9] Joynt had been the senior member of the bar in the country.[8]
Of the 108 years since 1907 (as of 2015), there have been 40 years in which no appointments were made.[10] There have been 282 warrant holders so far.[11]
The first female Queen's Counsels were appointed in 1988 with the appointment of Sian Elias and Lowell Goddard.
List of office holders[]
The following is a complete list of the office holders, based on the list maintained by the Crown Law Office[12] plus one person (Claude Weston) who, according to the Law Society, is missing on the official list.[10] Another person who is missing from the official list is Justice , who took silk in June 1996[13] and was appointed to the High Court later that year.[14]
Name | Portrait | Year appointed | Location |
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Frederick Baume | 1907 | Auckland | |
Francis Bell | 1907 | Wellington | |
Martin Chapman | 1907 | Wellington | |
John Findlay | 1907 | Wellington | |
John Hosking | 1907 | Dunedin | |
Thomas Joynt | 1907 | Christchurch | |
Charles Skerrett | 1907 | Wellington | |
1907 | Dunedin | ||
Walter Stringer | 1907 | Christchurch | |
Joseph Tole | 1907 | Auckland | |
1910 | Dunedin | ||
1911 | Auckland | ||
1912 | Auckland | ||
1912 | Wellington | ||
Charles Morison | 1912 | Wellington | |
John Reed | 1912 | Auckland | |
John Salmond | 1912 | Wellington | |
1913 | Christchurch | ||
Frederick Wilding | 1913 | Christchurch | |
1915 | Dunedin | ||
Oliver Samuel | 1919 | New Plymouth | |
Michael Myers | 1922 | Wellington | |
Hubert Ostler | 1925 | Auckland[15] | |
1925 | Wellington | ||
Thomas Wilford | 1929 | Wellington | |
Alf Hanlon | 1930 | Dunedin | |
1930 | Wellington | ||
John Callan | 1934 | Dunedin | |
1934 | Auckland | ||
Claude Weston | 1934 | Wellington | |
1934 | Wellington | ||
Humphrey O'Leary | 1935 | Wellington | |
Philip Cooke | 1936 | Wellington | |
Wilfrid Sim | 1939 | Christchurch | |
1946 | Wellington | ||
Rex Mason | 1946 | Auckland | |
1946 | Wellington | ||
Ossie Mazengarb | 1947 | Wellington | |
Alfred North | 1947 | Auckland | |
1950 | Dunedin | ||
Howard Richmond | 1952 | Auckland | |
Leonard Leary | 1952 | Auckland | |
Alexander Turner | 1952 | Auckland | |
Clifton Webb | 1954 | Auckland | |
Vincent Meredith | 1957 | Auckland | |
Richard Wild | 1957 | Wellington | |
1958 | Auckland | ||
Lance Tompkins | 1958 | Hamilton | |
1958 | Auckland | ||
1961 | Wellington | ||
Ronald Davison | 1963 | Wellington | |
Robin Cooke | 1964 | Wellington | |
1964 | Auckland | ||
Edgar Stirling Bowie | 1965 | Christchurch | |
David Beattie | 1965 | Auckland | |
1965 | Auckland | ||
John White | 1966 | Wellington | |
1967 | Auckland | ||
Frank O'Flynn | 1968 | Wellington | |
1968 | Auckland | ||
1970 | Palmerston North | ||
1970 | Auckland | ||
Richard Christopher Savage | 1970 | ||
1971 | |||
Peter Mahon | 1971 | ||
Maurice James O'Brien | 1971 | ||
Ian Barker | 1973 | ||
Martyn Finlay | 1973 | ||
Robert Whaley Edgley | 1973 | ||
William Stuart Shires | 1973 | ||
Harold Stewart Lusk | 1973 | ||
Edward Somers | 1973 | ||
David Tompkins | 1974 | ||
John Wallace | 1974 | ||
Brinsley Donald Inglis | 1976 | ||
Maxwell Helier Vautier | 1976 | ||
Brian McClelland | 1976 | ||
Robert Alexander Adams-Smith | 1978 | ||
1978 | |||
Thomas Eichelbaum | 1978 | ||
Peter George Spenser Penlington | 1978 | ||
Robert Phillip Smellie | 1979 | ||
Colin Nicholson | 1979 | ||
John Henry | 1980 | ||
Daniel Paul Neazor | 1981 | ||
Robert Alan Houston | 1981 | ||
Anthony Hearn | 1981 | ||
Richard John Craddock | 1981 | ||
Ted Thomas | 1981 | ||
Anthony Arthur Travers Ellis | 1981 | ||
Simon Grant Lockhart | 1982 | ||
John Edward Shepherd Allen | 1983 | ||
1983 | Auckland | ||
1983 | |||
David Baragwanath | 1983 | ||
Thomas Gault | 1984 | ||
1984 | |||
Anthony Molloy | 1984 | ||
1985 | |||
1985 | Auckland | ||
1985 | |||
1985 | Hamilton | ||
Don Mathieson | 1986 | ||
John Alexander Lemon Gibson | 1986 | ||
1986 | |||
1986 | Auckland | ||
Noel Anderson | 1986 | ||
Alan Lough Hassall | 1987 | ||
Gerald Stewart Tuohy | 1987 | ||
Peter Williams | 1987 | ||
David Williams | 1987 | ||
1987 | Auckland | ||
John McGrath | 1987 | ||
1988 | Wellington | ||
Douglas White | 1988 | ||
Sian Elias | 1988 | ||
Colin Stuart Withnall | 1988 | ||
Lowell Goddard | 1988 | ||
Michael Henry Walkinton Lance | 1988 | ||
Hugh Williams | 1988 | ||
1989 | |||
1989 | New Plymouth | ||
1989 | Christchurch | ||
George Patterson Barton | 1990 | ||
Stephen Pendrill Charles | 1990 | ||
Colin Robert Carruthers | 1990 | ||
1990 | Palmerston North | ||
John Gerard Fogarty | 1990 | ||
Paul Thomas Cavanagh | 1991 | ||
John Oswald Upton | 1991 | ||
Michael Robert Camp | 1991 | ||
Anthony Alan Lusk | 1991 | ||
Julian Grosvenor Miles | 1991 | ||
William Young | 1991 | ||
Robert Chambers | 1992 | ||
Raynor John Asher | 1992 | ||
Raymond Bruce Squire | 1992 | ||
Barry Paterson | 1993 | ||
1993 | Wellington | ||
John Haigh | 1993 | ||
1994 | |||
Rodney Eric Harrison | 1994 | ||
Graham Panckhurst | 1994 | ||
Rhys Harrison | 1994 | ||
John Francis Lyons | 1994 | ||
Frank Hortin Callaway | 1994 | ||
David Shavin | 1994 | ||
Kenneth Keith | 1994 | ||
1995 | |||
Gary James Judd | 1995 | ||
1995 | |||
Heughan Bassett Rennie | 1995 | ||
Bradley Harle Giles | 1995 | ||
Michael Privett Reed | 1995 | ||
Judith Ablett-Kerr | 1995 | ||
Paul East | 1995 | ||
Charles Augustine Sweeney | 1995 | ||
1996 | Wellington | ||
Stuart Bruce Walton Grieve | 1996 | ||
Bill Wilson | 1996 | ||
Tony Randerson | 1996 | Auckland | |
1996 | |||
1996 | |||
John Billington | 1996 | ||
1996 | |||
Denese Rosemary Bates | 1996 | ||
Howard Carisbrooke Keyte | 1997 | ||
John Grayson Rowan | 1997 | ||
David McCaw Wilson | 1997 | ||
1997 | |||
Terence Arnold | 1997 | ||
Brendan William Francis Brown | 1997 | ||
Helen Ann Cull | 1997 | ||
Kevin Ryan | 1998 | ||
Christopher Hodson | 1998 | ||
Ian Ronald Millard | 1998 | ||
1998 | |||
Robert John Katz | 1998 | ||
Tony Hughes-Johnson | 1998 | ||
Robert Andrew Dobson | 1998 | ||
Ailsa Patricia Duffy | 1998 | ||
1998 | |||
Michael John Behrens | 1999 | ||
Noel Wallace Ingram | 1999 | ||
1999 | |||
1999 | |||
1999 | |||
Tom Weston | 1999 | ||
Peter Donald McKenzie | 2000 | ||
Viviene Heath Ullrich | 2000 | ||
David Brian Collins | 2000 | ||
Paul Gerard Mabey | 2000 | ||
David McGee | 2000 | ||
Bruce Stewart | 2000 | ||
Mark Leslie Smith Cooper | 2000 | ||
20 May 2002 | |||
20 May 2002 | |||
20 May 2002 | |||
20 May 2002 | |||
20 May 2002 | |||
20 May 2002 | |||
20 May 2002 | |||
20 May 2002 | |||
20 May 2002 | |||
Maureen Jeanette Southwick | 2003 | ||
Grant Maxwell Illingworth | 2003 | ||
Philip James Morgan | 2003 | ||
David John Goddard | 2003 | ||
Michael Grant Ring | 2004 | ||
Harry Waalkens | 2004 | ||
2004 | |||
2004 | |||
Tómas Kennedy-Grant | 2005 | ||
Helen Mary Aikman | 2005 | ||
David Paul Hearmon Jones | 2005 | ||
2005 | |||
Brian Paul Keene | 2006 | ||
Bruce Dwight Gray | 2006 | ||
2007 | |||
Bruce Andrew Corkill | 2007 | ||
Matthew Eugene Casey | 2007 | ||
Stephen John Mills | 2007 | ||
Robert Macrae Lithgow | 2007 | ||
Stephen Kós | 2007 | ||
Christopher Thomas Gudsell | 2007 | ||
Susan Wendy Hughes | 2007 | ||
Nicholas Allen Till | 2007 | ||
Deborah Chambers | 2007 | ||
Campbell Alan McLachlan | 2007 | ||
Karen Louise Clark | 2007 | ||
Geoffrey Palmer | 2008 | Wellington | |
David Jonathan Heaney | 2008 | ||
Murray Gilbert | 2008 | ||
Jack Edward Hodder | 2008 | ||
Marion Jan McCartney | 2008 | ||
2008 | Auckland | ||
Judith Christine Gordon | 2008 | ||
Chris Finlayson | 2012 | ||
2012 | |||
16 May 2013 | Christchurch | ||
16 May 2013 | Wellington | ||
16 May 2013 | Wellington | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Dunedin | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
Russell Fairbrother | 16 May 2013 | Napier | |
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Wellington | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Wellington | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Wellington | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Wellington | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Christchurch | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
16 May 2013 | Auckland | ||
Russell Bartlett | 2014 | Auckland | |
Stephen Bonnar | 2014 | Auckland | |
Paul David | 2014 | Auckland | |
Marie Dyhrberg | 2014 | Auckland | |
Antonia Fisher | 2014 | Auckland | |
Paul Rishworth | 2014 | Auckland | |
Paul Wicks | 2014 | Auckland | |
Prudence Steven | 2014 | Christchurch | |
Peter Whiteside | 2014 | Christchurch | |
Anita Chan | 2014 | Dunedin | |
David Laurenson | 2014 | Auckland | |
Matthew McClelland | 2014 | Wellington | |
Matthew Palmer | 2014 | Wellington | |
Paul Radich | 2014 | Wellington | |
Margaret Casey | 2015 | Auckland | |
Mark O'Brien | 2015 | Wellington | |
2015 | Wellington | ||
Derek Nolan[16] | 2016 | Auckland | |
Aaron Perkins[16] | 2016 | Auckland | |
Kieran Raftery[16] | 2016 | Auckland | |
David Bigio[16] | 2016 | Auckland | |
Jane Anderson[16] | 2016 | Auckland | |
Marc Corlett[16] | 2016 | Auckland | |
Vanessa Bruton[16] | 2016 | Auckland | |
Richard Raymond | 2016 | Christchurch | |
John Prebble[16] | 2016 | Wellington | |
Kenneth Johnston[16] | 2016 | Wellington | |
Victoria Casey[16] | 2016 | Wellington | |
Una Jagose[16] | 2016 | Wellington | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
Jenny Cooper[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Auckland | |
[17] | 2017 | Tauranga | |
[17] | 2017 | Wellington | |
[17] | 2017 | Wellington | |
Vivienne Crawshaw[18] | 2018 | Auckland | |
Paul Dale[18] | 2018 | Auckland | |
[18] | 2018 | Auckland | |
Bob Hollyman[18] | 2018 | Auckland | |
Andru Isac[18] | 2018 | Wellington | |
Fiona Guy Kidd[18] | 2018 | Invercargill | |
James Rapley[18] | 2018 | Christchurch | |
Belinda Sellars[18] | 2018 | Auckland | |
Anne Stevens[18] | 2018 | Dunedin | |
James Wilding[18] | 2018 | Christchurch | |
[19] | 2019 | Auckland | |
[19] | 2019 | Auckland | |
[19] | 2019 | Auckland | |
Janet McLean[19] | 2019 | Auckland | |
[19] | 2019 | Wellington | |
[19] | 2019 | Wellington | |
[19] | 2019 | Dunedin | |
Jonathan Temm[19] | 2019 | Rotorua | |
[20] | 2021 | Auckland | |
[20] | 2021 | Auckland | |
[20] | 2021 | Auckland | |
[20] | 2021 | Auckland | |
[20] | 2021 | Auckland | |
[20] | 2021 | Auckland | |
[20] | 2021 | Wellington | |
[20] | 2021 | Wellington | |
[20] | 2021 | Wellington | |
[20] | 2021 | Christchurch |
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