Lawrence Greig

Lawrence Murray "Laurie" Greig (born c. 1929) is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as Chief Justice of the Cook Islands, a judge of the High Court of New Zealand, and as Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.

Hon. Justice

Laurie Greig
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
In office
1996–2004
Preceded byNone (office established)
Succeeded byPaul Neazor
4th Chief Justice of the Cook Islands
In office
2000–2005
Preceded byPeter Quilliam
Succeeded byDavid Williams

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security

Greig was appointed the inaugural Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security upon retiring from the High Court in 1996. He was appointed for a further three-year term in 1999,[1] and again in 2002. As Inspector-General, Greig investigated the actions of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service in burgling the home of anti-free-trade activist Aziz Choudry and found them to be "lawful, reasonable and justified".[2] In 2003, while he was responsible for reviewing the security risk certificate against Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui he gave an interview to the New Zealand Listener in which he said that if it were up to him, Zaoui would be "outski" on the next plane and that "we don't want lots of people coming in on false passports thrown down the loo on the plane, saying, 'I'm a refugee, keep me here'."[3] In March 2004 he resigned[4] after the High Court found that he had displayed apparent bias and disqualified him from the Zaoui case.[5] He was replaced as Inspector-General by Paul Neazor.[6]

References
  1. "APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER OF SECURITY WARRANTS". New Zealand Government. 9 September 1999. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. David Small and Aziz Choudry (13 June 2000). "Government Spy Agency Watchdog "complete waste of time and taxpayers' money" : Complainants call for abolition or radical overhaul". Peace Movement Aotearoa. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. Gordon Campbell (28 November 2003). "Watching the watchers". New Zealand Listener. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. "Inspector-Gen. of Intelligence & Security resigns". Scoop. 31 March 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. Selwyn Manning (31 March 2004). "High Court Finds Greig Bias Against Zaoui Case". Scoop. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. "Justice Neazor appointed Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security". New Zealand Government. 27 April 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2020.


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