Mark Cooper (judge)

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Mark Cooper
Cooper in 2012
President of the Court of Appeal
Assumed office
26 April 2022
Preceded byStephen Kós
Personal details
Born
Mark Leslie Smith Cooper
Alma materUniversity of Auckland

Mark Leslie Smith Cooper KC is a New Zealand jurist. He was appointed a High Court judge in 2004, and a judge of the Court of Appeal in 2014. He has been president of the Court of Appeal since 26 April 2022.

Biography

Cooper is of

Queen's Counsel alongside six others.[5]

In 2004, Cooper was appointed a high court judge by the

Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission; the other commissioners were engineers Ron Carter and Richard Fenwick.[7][8] He was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal in 2014, and was named to replace Stephen Kós as president of the Court of Appeal from 26 April 2022.[9]

Cooper was on the executive of the Auckland Division of the

Metrowater, which was formed in 1997 and has since been integrated into Watercare Services. Cooper was board member for the Museum of Transport and Technology and the Auckland Observatory and Planetarium Trust.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Court of Appeal head from Ngāti Māhanga". Waatea News. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Judges". Courts of New Zealand. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ "People in the Law". New Zealand Law Society. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  4. ^ "8 April 2022 Chief Justice welcomes new appointments to senior courts". Courts of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  5. ^ "List of Queen's Counsel Appointments by Year (as at 19 December 2018)" (PDF). Crown Law. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b Wilson, Margaret (25 March 2004). "High Court Judge appointed" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  7. ^ "About the Commissioners". Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  8. ^ "PM announces Royal Commission on earthquake". New Zealand Government. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Supreme Court judge among three senior appointments". New Zealand Government. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.