Alfred North (jurist)

Sir Alfred Kingsley North KBE PC QC (17 December 1900 – 22 June 1981) was a New Zealand lawyer and judge. He was President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand from 1963 until his retirement in 1972.

The Right Honourable Sir Alfred North KBE QC
President of the Court of Appeal
In office 1963–1972
Preceded by	Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson
Succeeded by	Alexander Kingcome Turner
Personal details
Born	Alfred Kingsley North (1900-12-17)17 December 1900
Died	22 June 1981(1981-06-22) (aged 80)

North was born in 1900, the son of Baptist minister John James North,[1] and attended Canterbury University College, graduating LLM in 1927.[2]

He was appointed King's Counsel in 1947,[3] and was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours.[4] In the 1964 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[5] He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1966.[6]

Between 1976 and 1978, North conducted a commission of inquiry into an alleged breach of confidentiality of the police file on Colin Moyle.[7][8]

References

1. "North, John James". An Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 1966. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Mu–O". Retrieved 8 February 2015.
3. "Queen's Counsel appointments since 1907 as at July 2014" (PDF). Crown Law Office. July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
4. "No. 41729". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1959. p. 3739.
5. "No. 43202". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 1 January 1964. p. 40.
6. "Privy Counsellors 1915–1968". 22 December 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
7. "Commissions of inquiry". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
8. "Strains and tensions in the NZ Opposition". Canberra Times. 3 January 1977. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2015.