Douglas White (jurist)
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5 September 1945
- John White (father)
- Richard Wild (uncle)
- Charles White (grandfather)
- Leonard Wild (grandfather)
- Annie Julia White (great-grandmother)
- Keith Ramsay (great-grandfather)
- Matthew Holmes (great-great-grandfather)
Sir Douglas White | |
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.jpg) White in 2018 | |
| Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington | |
| In office 1996–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Orr |
| Succeeded by | Russell Marshall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Douglas John White 5 September 1945 Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Occupation | Lawyer |
Sir Douglas John White KNZM KC (born 5 September 1945) is a former New Zealand jurist.
White was born in Wellington in 1945. The jurist Sir John White (1911–2007) was his father, and Charles White, a lawyer and briefly a member of the Legislative Council, was his grandfather.[1] He was educated as a boarder at Nelson College from 1959 to 1963,[2] and went on to study law at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating Bachelor of Laws with first-class honours.[3]
Legal career
After practising as a litigation partner and then independent barrister, White was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988.[3][4] He sat as a judge of the High Court from 2009 until 2012, when he was appointed to the bench of the Court of Appeal.[4] He retired in 2015.[4] In 2016, White was appointed to the Cook Islands Court of Appeal.[3]
