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Patrick Keane (New Zealand judge)
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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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