Peter Blanchard
KNZM | |
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Justice of the Supreme Court | |
In office 1 January 2004 – 24 June 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 2 August 1942
Alma mater | University of Auckland Harvard University |
Profession | Lawyer |
Sir Peter Blanchard
Biography
Blanchard was born in the Auckland suburb of Epsom on 2 August 1942, the son of Cyril and Zora Blanchard.[2][3] His father served as a flying officer with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II, and died during air operations over Germany on 26 May 1943.[4][5]
In 1968, Blanchard received a Master of Laws degree from the University of Auckland Law School. He was then awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship from Harvard Law School where he received a master's degree in law. He specialized in commercial, insolvency and property law as a partner at the Auckland law firms of Grierson Jackson & Partners (1968–1983) and Simpson Grierson (1983 to 1992).[6]
In 1992, Blanchard was appointed as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand[7] and in 1996, he was appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.[8]
In 1998 Blanchard was appointed as a New Zealand member of the
In the
Blanchard has also served as an expatriate justice of the
He also serves as a
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