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Kevin Bernard Cull, 1923 – 2005

Former Maori Land Court Judge Kevin Cull died in Hamilton on 21 January 2005. He was born in Dunedin and, on leaving school, became a clerk in the Dunedin Court, completing some law units before conscription into the army in 1941. After serving in Egypt, Italy and later Japan, he returned…
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Jennifer Lynch, 1950 – 2006

By Ivan Kwok Jennifer left school with her only qualification being School Certificate English. As an adult student with children she went back to College and later to Victoria University where she graduated with a LLB (Honours). Following graduation Jennifer joined the Treasury where she spent the entire 18 years of her…
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Jim Rowe, 1928 - 2007

Jim Rowe, long-serving lay member of the New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, died on 29 September 2007 aged 79. Appointed to the tribunal in 1992, Jim served for more than 15 years, stepping down only recently. Every member of the tribunal found Jim's presence invaluable, John Upton QC said, when speaking…
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Brinsley Donald (Don) Inglis QC, 1930 - 2008

Dr Don Inglis QC, recently described by Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier as “one of the giants of family law jurisprudence in New Zealand”, passed away on 26 April 2008. When appointed to the Family Court bench soon after the court’s establishment in 1981, Dr Inglis was the first…
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Dame Augusta Wallace, 1929 - 2008

Dame Augusta Wallace, 1929 - 2008

Dame Augusta WallaceDame Augusta Wallace, who died on 12 April 2008 after a long illness, was the first woman appointed to the bench in New Zealand. Although it was International Women’s Year when she was appointed in September 1975, Dame Augusta eschewed any feminist connotations of the appointment and had…
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