Mary Moir Hussey, 1909 - 1993

Those who knew Mary Moir Hussey who died aged 83 in Dunedin at the beginning of 1993 say she would have been horrified at the thought of people making a fuss in public about her. “She was a woman of extraordinary shyness and reserve. She preferred to stand in the shadow,…

Roger Lloyd Maclaren, 1935 - 1993

Roger Lloyd Maclaren, appointed as a District Court Judge in December 1992, died in Auckland in June 1993, aged 58. Judge Maclaren was born in Christchurch in 1935. He graduated LLB from Canterbury University in 1959 and was admitted to the bar in 1960. In 1976 he went into practice as…

Michael Anthony Bungay QC, 1934 - 1993

A reflection by Gary Turkington In a quiet moment, I draw together my thoughts of Michael Bungay QC, advocate, friend, wit, writer, lover, raconteur – he was all those things and more. In an instant "gone down to the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust." So a reflection perhaps, before moving to…

John Hamilton Hall, 1925 - 1994

Judge John Hamilton Hall, formerly a permanent judge of the Otahuhu District Court, died in Auckland in April 1994 aged 68. Born in Carterton and educated at Wellington College and Victoria University of Wellington, he later joined the British Colonial Service, holding various posts in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in the 1950s…

Eric Hogg, 1897 - 1994

Former Wellington lawyer and honorary life member of the Wellington District Law Society, Eric Hogg, died in January 1994 aged 96. A Wellington College pupil and graduate of Victoria University of Wellington, Mr Hogg began legal practice with the firm of Luke and Kennedy in 1920. In 1928 he went into…

Walter Mervyn Rodgers, 1925 - 1994

By Alan Ritchie Walter Mervyn Rodgers was the New Zealand Law Society’s Secretary-General from 1971, coming to Wellington from his legal practice in Invercargill. He served as Secretary-General under seven Presidents – Denis McGrath, Stanley Ton, Guy Smith, Lester Castle, Laurie Southwick QC, Tom Eichelbaum QC and Bruce Slane. On his retirement…

Keith Hadfield, 1931 - 1994

Christchurch practitioner Keith Hadfield died last month, aged 63. A member of the New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal from November 1985 to 1991, he was also actively involved in district law society affairs. He was admitted to the partnership of Papprill Frampton in 1961 and acted for a wide variety…

Victor Gerald Spiller MBE, 1909 - 1995

Former President of the Canterbury District Law Society and member of the NZLS Council, Victor Gerald Spiller, died in Christchurch in July, aged 86. He had been awarded an MBE in 1977 in recognition of his services to sport, the community and law. Mr Spiller was admitted as a solicitor of the…

Paul Darvell, 1947 – 1995

New Zealand lost one of its foremost commercial lawyers when Paul Darvell died on 7 November 1995 aged 48 years. Paul was born in Wellington, and educated at Wellington College and Victoria University. He initially worked as a solicitor for Chapman Tripp & Co before going to Auckland in 1972 and…

Judge Derek Sydney Castle, 1924 – 1995

By Judge Finnigan, Employment Court Judge Derek Castle died in Wellington on 15 November 1995. He was appointed nearly 16 years ago to what was then the Arbitration Court, later to become the Labour Court and then the Employment Court. I shared with him the distinction of presiding in all three…