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Maurice Bowen, 1927 - 2002

By Jim Boyack A former senior partner in the Auckland firm Bowen, Roche & Hill, Maurice Bowen, died peacefully in April 2002 after a long illness. He was 75. He is remembered by the profession for his very dry sense of humour, unfailing courtesy and devotion both to the cause of his…
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Justice Richard Alexander Heron, 1936 – 2002

Richard Heron, who retired as a High Court judge in December 2001, died on 30 March 2002, aged 65. Born in Wellington on 22 December 1936, he was educated at Rongotai College (although his father - Harold Heron - was principal of Wellington College). He graduated LLB from Victoria University of…
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Shirley Anne Parr, 1928 – 2002

Wellington lawyer Shirley Parr died on 1 March 2002, just one year short of her goal of 50 years in practice. After fighting for equal recognition while studying law at Victoria University, including the right to attend the law students’ annual dinner, Shirley Robson (as she was then) was admitted…
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Thomas Ennis, 1909 - 2002

Thomas Ennis, former partner of AJ Park & So, died in October 2002 at the age of 93. He was part of AJ Park for 65 years – 50 as a partner in the firm. He finished his law degree in 1929 and qualified as a patent attorney in 1937. Tom…
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Judge John Treadwell, 1933 – 2003

Environment Court judge John Treadwell died in Wellington on 14 August 2003 after a brief illness following heart surgery. Born in Wanganui in 1933, he was Chair of the Special Town and Country Planning Appeal Board in 1972, then sat on the Planning Tribunal and became an Environment Court judge in…
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Gerald Orchard, 1944 – 2003

Barrister and University of Canterbury Professor Gerald Orchard died of a brain tumour on 19 January 2003. He was aged 58. A Canterbury graduate, Professor Orchard was also the law school’s dean for 13 years until 2001. Born in Christchurch on 22 November 1944, Gerry Orchard was educated at Fendalton Primary School…
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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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Charles Stewart Thomas OBE, 1889 – 1988

Charles Stewart Thomas OBE, a well-known Christchurch criminal lawyer and past President of the Canterbury District Law Society, died in April 1988 at the age of 99. Brian McClelland QC, a former “pupil” of Mr Thomas, delivered the following address at a special sitting of the High Court in Christchurch on…
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John Herman von Dadelszen, 1913 - 1988

John Herman von Dadelszen, a highly respected Hawke’s Bay practitioner, died in Hastings on 5 July 1988 aged 75, after over 50 years’ practice of law. Mr von Dadelszen was President of the Hawke’s Bay District Law Society in 1965 and 1966 but had also served the community in a variety…
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James Hugh Cassidy Larsen, 1935 - 1989

By Colin Clere Jim Larsen served as Crown Prosecutor for the Wellington District from 1969 until his death from cancer on 31 March 1989, at the age of 53. He was born in Levin on 25 April 1935, and educated at Horowhenua College and Victoria University of Wellington. Jim excelled at debating and…
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