| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Christine French | |
| Order: | President of the Court of Appeal |
| Term Start: | 21 November 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Mark Cooper |
| Office2: | Judge of the Court of Appeal |
| Term Start2: | 6 August 2012 |
Christine Ruth French (born 1958)[1] is a New Zealand lawyer and judge, serving as the president of the Court of Appeal since 21 November 2024. She has been a judge of the Court of Appeal since 2012, having been a judge of the High Court since 2008.[2]
French has degrees from the University of Otago (1981) and the University of Oxford (1983), studying at the latter as a Rhodes scholar. In 2014, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Otago.[3]
On 23 October 2024, French was named as the president of the Court of Appeal, effective from 21 November 2024.[4]