Woodhouse, Right Honourable Sir Arthur Owen Biography 1991

WOODHOUSE, Right Honourable Sir (Arthur) Owen
KBE 1981, Knight 1974, DSC 1944, PC 1974
Retired President, Court of Appeal
Born Napier, 18 July 1916, son of Arthur James Woodhouse and Wilhelmina Catherine (nee Allen); married Margaret Leah Thorp, daughter of Frederick and Maud Thorp, 1940, four sons, two daughters
Educated Napier Central School; Napier Boys’ High School; Auckland University, LLB 1940; Hon LLD, Victoria University 1978; Hon LLD, University of York, Toronto 1981.
Served Second World War, Lieutenant Commander in RNZNVR on secondment to RN; service in Motor Torpedo Boats; liaison officer with Yugoslav Partisans, 1943; Assistant to Naval Attaché, HM Embassy Belgrade, 1945
Joined Lusk Willis & Sproule, Barristers & Solicitors, 1946; Crown Solicitor, Napier, 1953; prepared report on fluoridation of water supplies, 1957; Judge of Supreme Court, 1961; Chairman, Royal Commission on Compensation and Rehabilitation in respect of Personal Injury in NZ, 1966-67; Chairman, Inquiry into similar questions in Australia, 1973-74; Judge of Court of Appeal, 1974; Member, Judicial Committee, Privy Council, 1974; President, Law Commission, 1986-91; President, NZ Secretary, International Commission of Jurists, 1986-.
Recreations: music, golf.
Address: 45 Portland Road, Remuera, Auckland; 11A/20 Oriental Terrace, Wellington