Philip Joseph (academic)

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Philip Joseph
KC
Born
Philip Austin Joseph

1950 (age 73–74) [1]
Christchurch, New Zealand
Education University of Canterbury (LL.B. (Hons)) (LL.D.)
University of British Columbia (LL.M.)
OccupationProfessor of Law
Employer University of Canterbury Faculty of Law
Known forPublic Law
Notable workJoseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law

Philip Austin Joseph KC is a lawyer and a professor of law at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. [2] He is the principal author of Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law, a leading authority on public law in New Zealand. He has been described as a leading legal academic with a global reputation on administrative and constitutional law, collectively known as public law. [3] [4]

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Education

Professor Joseph's educational background began with an LLB (Hons) from the University of Canterbury in 1973. He continued his studies at the University of British Columbia, where he received an LLM in 1982. He concluded his formal education with a Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Canterbury in 2003. [5]

Career

Joseph was admitted to the bar in 1974, and appointed professor of law in 2001. [5] He has held senior visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourne. In 2013 he was the recipient of a Rutherford Scholarship awarded by Trinity College, Cambridge, when he was a visiting fellow at the college. [6]

Philip Joseph served as a consultant at the law firm Russell McVeagh for 17 years. As of 2024, he practices as a barrister sole, focusing on litigation and occasionally representing clients in court. Additionally, he has provided advisory services or served as an expert witness before parliamentary select committees and has offered counsel to various government departments and organisations. [6] [4]

In 2024 he was appointed a King's Counsel. [7] Just a handful of academic KCs exist in New Zealand, the first of whom was another University of Canterbury faculty of law member, John Burrows, in 2005. So it is rare that an academic, like Joseph, became a KC, however this was based solely on legal excellence. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Professor Philip Joseph | University of Canterbury". www.canterbury.ac.nz. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "An authority on Constitutional and Administrative Law". New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Who Are New Zealand's 19 New King's Counsel". 4 July 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Special Recognition For UC Academic Appointed King's Counsel". Scoop News. University of Canterbury. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 Philip, Joseph (18 March 2021). Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law (5th ed.). Thomson Reuters. pp. vii.
  7. ↑ "Special recognition for UC academic appointed King's Counsel | University of Canterbury". www.canterbury.ac.nz. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Jarrod Gilbert: What's a King's Counsel initiation like?". NZ Herald. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.


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