Woodhouse, Owen, 1916-2014
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Fuller Name
- Arthur Owen
Variants
- Woodhouse, Arthur Owen, 1916-2014
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1916-07-18
Death Date
- 2014-04-15
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1986
- Affiliation End: 1991
- Organization: New Zealand. Law Commission
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1974
- Affiliation End: 1986
- Organization: New Zealand. Court of Appeal
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1961
- Affiliation End: 1974
- Organization: (naf) New Zealand. Supreme Court
Birth Place
- Napier (N.Z.)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
Chair of government commissions
Privy Counsellor
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: nuc88-72681: His A challenge to the law ... 1979(hdg. on ICU rept.: Woodhouse, Arthur Owen, Sir; usage: Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse)
- found: Government under the law, 1979:title page (Rt. Hon. Sir Owen Woodhouse)
- found: Wikipedia WWW site, viewed on February 25, 2014:Owen Woodhouse (Lieutenant Commander Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse ONZ KBE DSC (born 18 July 1916), known as Sir Owen, is a New Zealand jurist and chair of government commissions; born in Napier; graduated from the University of Auckland in 1940; appointed a Judge of the New Zealand Supreme Court in 1961, a Judge of the New Zealand Court of Appeal in 1974 and was President of the Court of Appeal from 1981 to 1986; President of the Law Commission from 1986 to 1991; made a Privy Counsellor and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1974; Chairman of the Royal Commission on Accident Compensation from 1966 to 1967, which produced the Woodhouse Report that recommended a “no-fault” accident compensation scheme; commissioned by the Australian Government the result being the Report of the National Committee of Inquiry, Compensation and Rehabilitation in Australia, now known as the Australian Woodhouse Report; later prepared a Third Woodhouse Report as President of the Law Commission on Personal Injury, Prevention and Recovery)
- found: Telegraph (online), viewed May 7, 2014(Sir Owen Woodhouse; b. Arthur Owen Woodhouse, July 18, 1916, New Zealand; d. Apr. 15, 2014; MTB commander in the Adriatic who became New Zealand's senior judge)
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Change Notes
- 1988-06-10: new
- 2014-05-07: revised
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