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District Court Judge appointed
Hon Christopher Finlayson
Attorney-General
6 April
2011
District Court Judge appointed
Wellingtonian David Cameron has been appointed a District Court Judge, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Mr Cameron was admitted to the bar in 1976. He recently returned to New Zealand after four years in the Solomon Islands where was a High Court Judge presiding over criminal and civil trials. He participated in the Judicial Orientation Programme in New Zealand in 2006 and Australia in 2009. From September 1999 he was a sole practitioner.
He was a partner in Morrison Kent, Wellington for 17 years where the emphasis of his practice was on civil and commercial litigation. He regularly appeared in the Palmerston North High Court for the defence in jury trials involving indictable charges.
The new Judge will be sworn in at Wellington on 13 April 2011 and will sit in Whanganui.
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