Bruce Robertson (judge)

The Honourable
Sir Bruce Robertson
KNZM QC
Robertson in 2011
Justice of the Court of Appeal
In office
2005–2010
Personal details
Born 1944

Sir James Bruce Robertson KNZM QC (born 1944), generally known as Bruce Robertson, is a retired judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, where he was appointed in May 2005.

Robertson started his education at Wakari School in Dunedin.[1] He is a graduate of the University of Otago and the University of Virginia. He holds an honorary LLD from the University of Otago.[2]

Before becoming a High Court judge in 1987, Robertson was a partner in the law firm Ross, Dowling, Marquet and Griffin.[3] One of his earliest appointments after his appointment to the High Court was to chair the Search and Search Warrants Committee, which published its final report in 1988. From 2001 until his appointment as a member of the Court of Appeal, he was President of the New Zealand Law Commission.[4] Robertson was also a judge on the Court of Appeal of Vanuatu.

Robertson is also the consulting editor for Adams on Criminal Law and Adams on Criminal Law Student Edition.[2]

In the 2010 New Year Honours, Robertson was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as a judge of the High Court and the Court of Appeal.[5]

In 2013, Robertson was appointed as Chair of the New Zealand Sports Tribunial.[6]

Robertson was appointed as the New Zealand Commissioner of Security Warrants in July 2013 [7]

References

  1. ↑ Murdoch, Wendy (17 December 2016). "National portrait: Judge trades law books for good reads and binge-gardening in the country". The Press. p. C3. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Robertson, B., Finn, J. (2009) Adams on Criminal Law 2009 Student Edition. Brookers Ltd. ISBN 9780864726681
  3. ↑ "The Judges of the Court of Appeal — Courts of New Zealand". Courtsofnz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  4. ↑ "Hon Sir Bruce Robertson". New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "New Year honours list 2010". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sir Bruce Robertson to chair Sports Tribunal - NZ Law Society". My.lawsociety.org.nz. 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Commissioner of Security Warrants appointed". Beehive.govt.nz. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
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