About Francis Cooke
Born 1965. Francis Cooke is a New Zealand lawyer and judge.
Francis Morland Robin Cooke, (born 1965) is a New Zealand lawyer and judge.
He has been a judge of the Supreme Court since 2026, having been a judge of the High Court from 2018 to 2024, and a judge of the Court of Appeal from March 2024 to February 2026.
Cooke graduated with an LLB(Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington in 1989 and an LLM from the University of Cambridge in 1990.
He is the son of former Law Lord and President of the Court of Appeals Lord Cooke of Thorndon ONZ KBE PC QC. His grandfather Philip Cooke MC QC, was also a judge of what was then the Supreme Court, now the High Court of New Zealand.
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New Zealand judge
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Francis Cooke was born in 1965.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Francis Cooke. https://biography.guide/francis-cooke/
MLA: "Francis Cooke." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/francis-cooke/.
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