Dame Sian Elias

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Chief Justice of New Zealand human judge jurist

Dame Sian Elias is a prominent New Zealand jurist who served as the country’s first female Chief Justice and a leading figure in its legal system.

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Label	Occurrences
Dame Sian Elias canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ
appointedBy	Jenny Shipley ⓘ
awardReceived	Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ surface form: Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1949-03-13 ⓘ
educatedAt	Auckland Girls' Grammar School ⓘ Stanford Law School ⓘ University of Auckland ⓘ
endTime	2019-03-13 ⓘ
familyName	Elias ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ public law ⓘ
givenName	Sian ⓘ
hasTitle	Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ King's Counsel ⓘ Queen's Counsel ⓘ The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Dame ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
legalSystem	legal system of New Zealand ⓘ
memberOf	Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
monarchDuringTerm	Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableFor	being the first female Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ leadership in reform of New Zealand's appellate court structure ⓘ
notableWork	judgment in Fitzgerald v R ⓘ judgments on Treaty of Waitangi and Māori rights ⓘ presiding over the establishment of the Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ sentencing remarks in R v Poumako ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
officeHeld	Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ King's Counsel ⓘ Queen's Counsel ⓘ member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
residence	Auckland ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Hugh Fletcher ⓘ
startTime	1999-05-17 ⓘ

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Chief Justice of New Zealand → currentHolderPredecessor → Dame Sian Elias ⓘ

Chief Justice of New Zealand → notableFormerHolder → Dame Sian Elias ⓘ