About Douglas White
Born 1945. Douglas White is a New Zealand lawyer.
Sir Douglas John White (born 5 September 1945) is a former New Zealand jurist.
Early life and family White was born in Wellington in 1945. The jurist Sir John White (1911–2007) was his father, and Charles White, a lawyer and briefly a member of the Legislative Council, was his grandfather. He was educated as a boarder at Nelson College from 1959 to 1963, and went on to study law at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating Bachelor of Laws with first-class honours.
Legal career After practising as a litigation partner and then independent barrister, White was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988. He retired in 2015.
Honours In the 2018 New Year Honours, White was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary.
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New Zealand jurist
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Douglas White was born on 5 September 1945 in Wellington.
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