Court of Appeal judges appointed

Two new Court of Appeal Judges have been appointed.

They are Justice Lynton Laurence Stevens and Justice Rhys Harrison.

The appointments were announced by Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson today.

Justice Harrison has previously worked in Uganda, went into practice as a barrister in 1987 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1994.

He made several appearances before the Privy Council between 1992 and 1999. He also spent some years as a member of the panel of prosecutors for the Serious Fraud Office.

He was appointed a temporary judge of the High Court in 2001 and became a permanent Judge in 2002.

Justice Stevens was a Crown prosecutor before going to the bar in 1992. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1997 and appointed to the Serious Fraud Office panel of prosecutors in 1990.

He has also lectured throughout his career at a number of New Zealand and overseas universities.

Justice Stevens was appointed a High Court Judge in 2006.

- NZPA