Patrick Keane | |
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8th Chief Justice of the Cook Islands | |
Assumed office 2022 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Williams |
Personal details | |
Born | Patrick John Keane |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Patrick John Keane CNZM is a retired New Zealand judge. In December 2022,he was appointed Chief Justice of the Cook Islands,replacing Hugh Williams. [1]
Keane was educated at Victoria University of Wellington,graduating with a BA in 1968,and an LLB (Hons) in 1969. [2] He then worked for as a lawyer for Izard Weston and later as a Crown Solicitor for Rudd Watts and Stone from 1977 to 1979. He was a legal adviser to the New Zealand government from 1980 to 1985,and a Crown Counsel for the Crown Law Office from 1985 to 1987. [3] In 1987,he was appointed a judge of the District Court of New Zealand and to the Taxation Review Authority. [3] From 2001 to 2003 he was a member of the New Zealand Law Commission. [4]
In 2003,he was appointed a judge of the High Court of New Zealand. He retired in 2016, [2] and was then appointed to the High Court of the Cook Islands. [4]
In the 2017 New Year Honours he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to the judiciary. [5]
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