Christine French Explained

Christine French
Term Start:	6 August 2012

Christine Ruth French (born 1958)^[1] is a New Zealand lawyer and judge. She is a judge of the Court of Appeal, appointed in 2012, having been a judge of the High Court since 2008.^[2]

She has degrees from the University of Otago (1981) and Oxford University (1983), studying at the latter as a Rhodes scholar.

In 2014, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Otago.^[3]

References

1. Web site: Christine French . University of Otago . 14 March 2024.
2. Web site: Court of Appeal Judge appointed. The Beehive. en-nz. 2017-08-06.
3. Web site: Otago to confer honorary doctorate on leading law graduate. University of Otago. en-nz. 2018-04-06.