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District Court Judge appointed
Hon Christopher Finlayson
Minister for Arts, Culture
and Heritage
29 July 2009 Media Statement
District Court Judge appointed
Professor of Law Dr Peter Spiller has been appointed a District Court Judge, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
He has been a lecturer and researcher of the law for over 33 years, including 12 years in South Africa. After a period as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, he was appointed Associate Professor at Waikato University in 1991 and Professor in 1994. He has been a Teaching Fellow at Victoria University since 2005 and has published extensively in the legal field. `
In 1991 Dr Spiller was appointed a Disputes Tribunal Referee and has been the Principal Referee of the Dispute Tribunal since 2005. He will continue as Principal Referee for the remainder of his term.
Dr Spiller is a law graduate of the universities of Natal, Cambridge and Canterbury. He was admitted as a Barrister (advocate) of the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1977 and admitted in New Zealand in 1996.
Dr Spiller will be sworn in at Hamilton on Friday 7 August 2009.
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