Douglas White (jurist)

The Honourable
Sir Douglas White
KNZM KC
The Honourable Sir Douglas White KNZM KC
	White in 2018
Personal details
Born	Douglas John White; 5 September 1945; Wellington, New Zealand
Relatives	John White (father); Richard Wild (uncle); Charles White (grandfather); Leonard Wild (grandfather); Annie Julia White (great-grandmother); Keith Ramsay (great-grandfather); Matthew Holmes (great-great-grandfather);
Occupation	Lawyer

Sir Douglas John White KNZM KC (born 5 September 1945) is a former New Zealand jurist.

White was born in Wellington in 1945. The jurist Sir John White (1911–2007) was his father, and Charles White, a lawyer and briefly a member of the Legislative Council, was his grandfather.[1] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988, and sat as a judge of the High Court from 2009 until 2012, when he was appointed to the bench of the Court of Appeal.[2] He retired in 2015.[2]

References

Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. pp. 683f. ISBN 9780790001302.
"New Year honours 2018 – citations for Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
"New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

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