Yet another important contribution to New Zealand legal scholarship.
While the title is self-explanatory, please consider the following important judgement calls made in the compilation of this list.
It’s surname only. Their Honours Ellen France and Simon France, William Young and Paul Davison JJ don’t get bonus points from their first names. Nice try!
There are presently six Supreme Court judges, but sixth place is split three ways, so I am running a slim-line five member Supreme Court, and letting sixth place share the Presidency of the Court of Appeal.
Where there is a tie, they are ranked by present seniority.
The result is a Supreme Court that maintains its gender balance (and would still do so if the sixth place candidates were included), and the Court of Appeal has significantly more female judges. So, if you are an Attorney-General interested in my engaging me to consult on judicial appointments, please DM me on Twitter.
Supreme Court
The Right Honourable Dame Susan Glazebrook, Chief Justice (26)
The Honourable Justice Fitzgerald (24)
The Honourable Justice Churchman (21)
The Honourable Justice van Bohemen (20)
The Honourable Justice Winkelmann (19)
Court of Appeal
The Honourable Justice Clifford (17)
The Honourable Justice Katz (17)
The Honourable Justice Dunningham (17)
The Honourable Justice Duffy (15)
The Honourable Justice Woolford (15)
The Honourable Justice French (14)
The Honourable Justice Jagose (14)
The Honourable Justice Williams (13)
The Honourable Justice Courtney (13)
The Honourable Justice Walker (13)
High Court
The Honourable Justice Edwards (12)
The Honourable Justice Ellen France (11)
The Honourable Justice Goddard (11)
The Honourable Justice Venning (11)
The Honourable Justice Simon France (11)
The Honourable Justice Wylie (11)
The Honourable Justice Brewer (11)
The Honourable Justice Whata (11)
The Honourable Justice Thomas (11)
The Honourable Justice Clark (11)
The Honourable Justice Davison (11)
The Honourable Justice Powell (11)
The Honourable Justice Cooke (11)
The Honourable Justice Gwyn (11)
The Honourable Justice Brown (10)
The Honourable Justice Cooper (10)
The Honourable Justice Gilbert (10)
The Honourable Justice Palmer (10)
The Honourable Justice William Young (9)
The Honourable Justice Collins (9)
The Honourable Justice Dobson (9)
The Honourable Justice Gendall (9)
The Honourable Justice Mander (9)
The Honourable Justice Hinton (9)
The Honourable Justice Downs (9)
The Honourable Justice Osborne (9)
The Honourable Justice Miller (8)
The Honourable Justice Mallon (8)
The Honourable Justice Peters (8)
The Honourable Justice Gordon (8)
The Honourable Justice Grice (8)
The Honourable Justice Doogue (8)
The Honourable Justice O’Regan (7)
The Honourable Justice Kós (7)
The Honourable Justice Moore (7)
The Honourable Justice Muir (6)
The Honourable Justice Nation (6)
The Honourable Justice Cull (6)
The Honourable Justice Gault (6)
The Honourable Justice Lang (5)
The Honourable Justice Ellis (5)
Strictly obiter 