Christopher Hodson

Christopher John Hodson[1] QC is a New Zealand barrister and judge, Judge Advocate General of the New Zealand Armed Forces, and the Chief Judge of the Court Martial of New Zealand.

For the English bell-founder, see Christopher Hodson (bell-founder).

Early life

Hodson was born in Masterton, where he grew up on his family's hill country farm.[2] He graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington in 1966 with an LLB degree.[3]

Career

Hodson was admitted to the Bar in 1966, and from 1966–82, was a Partner in Major Gooding & Partners in Masterton.[4]

In 1983, Hodson became a partner in Macalister Mazengarb Parkin & Rose in Wellington, before commencing practice as a barrister sole in 1991, where he specialised in medical and military law. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1998.[4]

He is Judge Advocate General of the New Zealand Armed Forces, and the Chief Judge of the Court Martial of New Zealand,[5] and also vice-president of the International Equestrian Federation.[6]

He served in the Territorial Force (reserve) of the New Zealand Army, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1992.[4]

Personal life

Hodson had three children with his first wife. In 1992, he married fellow judge and barrister Dame Lowell Goddard, who has a daughter from her first marriage to Sir John Scott, 5th Baronet, in 1969.[7]

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References
  1. "Mr Christopher John Hodson QC". New Zealand Law Society. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. Profile Archived 4 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine, zeus-sport.com; accessed 22 March 2016.
  3. "Christopher Hodson QC". Harbour Chambers. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. Cullen, Michael (30 September 2008). "Appointment of Chris Hodson QC as Judge Advocate General". Beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. Lawyer, former unionist on advisory panel, The New Zealand Herald, 24 October 2014
  6. Houlahan, Mike (10 February 2007). "One more giant step". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. "High Court Justice Lowell Goddard". kiwifirst. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
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