Philip Lewis Griffiths

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Philip Lewis Griffiths

Philip Lewis Griffiths KC (30 September 1881 – 4 June 1945) was an eminent Australian jurist.

Education[]

Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, he studied for a Master of Arts degree at the Trinity College of the University of Melbourne.

Journalist[]

He then wrote for The Mercury in both Hobart and Launceston.

Law[]

He studied law at the University of Tasmania, earning an LLB.[1] While working as a lawyer, he also lectured at the University of Tasmania from 1913 to 1930, focusing on torts and criminal law.

In 1930 Griffiths was appointed as the , and in August 1933 he was made a King's Counsel. From August 1938 to March 1939 Griffiths was acting Chief Judge of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea; he then became the Second Judge of New Guinea, serving in the acting Chief Judge position again during 1940.

Death[]

He died, in Hobart, on 4 June 1945.[2]

See also[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Acting Judge Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1938, p7
  2. ^ Obituary: Mr P. L. Griffiths, Chief Judge of New Guinea, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Tuesday, 5 Jun 1945), p. 9.

References[]

  • Roe, Michael. "Griffiths, Philip Lewis (1881–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 27 October 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  • New Guinea Judge: A Tasmanian Appointed, The West Australian, (Friday, 16 June 1939), p. 18.


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