Ivor Richardson
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The Right Honourable Sir Ivor Richardson PCNZM QC |
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| President of the Court of Appeal | |
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In office 1996–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Gault |
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24 May 1930 Ashburton, New Zealand |
| Died | 29 December 2014 (aged 84) |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Sir Ivor Lloyd Morgan Richardson PCNZM QC (24 May 1930 – 29 December 2014) was an eminent New Zealand and Commonwealth jurist and legal writer and a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
He was a student at Timaru Boys' High School, Timaru, New Zealand. He graduated from Canterbury University College (now the University of Canterbury), Christchurch, in 1949 with an LL.B. degree. He went on to study at the University of Michigan in the United States, from where he graduated with an LL.M. degree and an S.J.D. degree.
Richardson was a partner in the Invercargill firm of Macalister Brothers from 1957 to 1963. From 1963 to 1966, he was Crown Counsel in the Crown Law Office in Wellington. He then joined the Victoria University of Wellington. He was Professor of Law, between 1967 and 1973, during which period he served as Dean of the Law Faculty from 1968 to 1971.
After a period back in public practice in Wellington he was appointed as a judge in the High Court of New Zealand in 1977 and subsequently to the Court of Appeal in the same year. He was invested as a Privy Councillor in 1978. In 2003 he was appointed to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
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