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Laurence Michael O’Reilly, 1942 – 1998

By Ian Cameron Laurence Michael O’Reilly, who died on 15 January 1998, was a practising barrister and solicitor until appointed the Commissioner for Children in 1994. After his primary and secondary school education in his home town of Timaru, he attended the University of Canterbury, studying part-time and completing his law…
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Justice Bradley Harle Giles, 1944 – 1999

By John Katz QC It is always a tragedy when a sitting judge of the High Court dies in office. It is all the more so when that happens just two years after appointment. The late Justice Giles was appointed to the High Court bench on 6 March 1997 after two years…
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Stuart Ennor, 1926 – 1999

This obituary is based on the eulogy Bob Narev gave at Stuart Ennor’s funeral. New Zealand Law Society counsel and legal adviser for the last 20 years, Stuart Ennor died last month in Auckland aged 73. Born in Auckland, Stuart Ennor began part-time studies in law when he was 16, qualifying at…
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Martin Strong, 1939 – 2000

Founder and chair of REAL, Martin Strong, died unexpectedly on 18 November 2000 aged 61 – ironically the day after the Minister of Justice announced the long-awaited reforms to conveyancing, real estate selling and the Law Practitioners Act. Martin Strong studied law at Victorial University of Wellington and worked for law…
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Ross Penlington, 1931 - 2001

Former Christchurch lawyer and judge in Hong Kong, Ross Penlington, has died in Taupo aged 70. Born in Christchurch he graduated LLB from the University of Canterbury and practised in his father’s (Cedric Penlington) firm, Harper Pascoe & Co. In 1959 he went to Western Samoa as a legal officer and…
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Haddon Gilbert, 1932 - 2001

Former Family Court Judge Haddon Gilbert has died in Rotorua aged 69. Mr Gilbert graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 1955 and practised law in New Plymouth until he was appointed a stipendiary magistrate in 1976. In 1985 he moved to Rotorua as a Family Court Judge until his retirement in…
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Frederick Duncan, 1918 - 2001

Ten days after clearing out his office at the beginning of August and handing over responsibility for his remaining clients – and so bringing to a close 123 years of history – Dunedin lawyer Fred Duncan died quietly at home. The firm known these days as Frederick L Duncan was started…
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Cyril Redmond McGinley, 1910 - 2001

One of the last solicitors in New Zealand to have trained by correspondence rather than university died in Greymouth recently. Cyril Redmond McGinley, who retired from pioneer law firm Hannan & Seddon at age 86, died just before his 91st birthday. Born in 1910, Cyril McGinley joined the firm as an…
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Herman Strauss, 1907 – 2001

Long-serving Bell Gully partner Herman Strauss died on 26 May 2001 aged 94. Born in Germany, Dr Strauss originally graduated Doctor of Jurisprudence at Wuerzburg and qualfied in Germany in 1932. In 1951 he was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn and admitted in Kenya in 1953. Having emigrated to New…
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Kenneth Edwin Wardill, MB BS, DTM&H RCP and RCS, CRCS, FRCS, FRACS, LLM, 1927 – 2001

Former Hamilton barrister Kenneth Wardill, who died on 26 November 2001, was unusual in that he came to the law late in life after a long career in medicine. Born in England on 16 September 1927, he was educated at Dulwich College, London, Lodge School, Barbardos and Upper Canada College in…
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Trevor Albert de Cleene, 1932 - 2001

Barrister and former MP Trevor de Cleene died in Tauranga on 22 April 2001 aged 68. Born in Palmerston North on 24 March 1933 to William and Mary de Cleene, he was educated at Palmerston North Boys’ High School. His family was not well off and his childhood was marked by…
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Dr Colin Aikman, 1919 - 2002

One of New Zealand’s most distinguished jurists, Dr Colin Aikman, died in Wellington in December 2002. Dr Aikman, who had an LLM from Victoria University and PhD from the London School of Economics, worked for the Department of External Affairs, the forerunner to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, between…
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Colonel Graeme Burnet MacKenzie Law MBE, 1933 – 2003

Former chief executive of the Council of Legal Education and retired army colonel, Graeme Law MBE, died in Wellington on 11 September 2003 following a short illness. Colonel Law completed a BA/LLB at Victoria University in the 1950s while serving in the Territorials. After practising in Wellington, he joined the regular…
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Captain Eric Deane OBE, 1936 – 2003

Former Director of Standards for the New Zealand Law Society, Captain Eric Deane OBE, died of cancer at the end of August. Eric gained his legal qualifications while in the Navy, often studying in difficult conditions while on service at sea, and later served as the first full-time Director of Legal…
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