Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon
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The Right Honourable The Lord Cooke of Thorndon ONZ KBE PC QC |
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| President of the Court of Appeal | |
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In office 1986–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Owen Woodhouse |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ivor Richardson |
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9 May 1926 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Died | 30 August 2006 (aged 80) |
Robin Brunskill Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon ONZ KBE PC QC (9 May 1926 – 30 August 2006) was a New Zealand judge and later a British Law Lord and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He is widely considered one of New Zealand's most influential jurists, and is the only New Zealand judge to have sat in the House of Lords. He was a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2006.
The son of Supreme Court Justice Philip Brunskill Cooke KC MC and his wife Valmai, Lord Cooke was born in Wellington, and attended Wanganui Collegiate School. He graduated with a LL.M. degree from Victoria University College, and subsequently studied at Clare College, Cambridge as a Research Fellow. While on a travelling scholarship, Lord Cooke was awarded a MA degree in 1954 from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and subsequently a PhD degree in 1955.
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