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 1996.
This obituary was first published in LawTalk 565, 16 July 2001, page 4.