Dame Lowell Goddard | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Justice of the High Court of New Zealand | |
| Assumed office December 1995 | |
| Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse | |
| In office 4 February 2015 – 4 August 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Theresa May (as Home Secretary) |
| Preceded by | Fiona Woolf |
| Succeeded by | Alexis Jay |
| Chair of Independent Police Conduct Authority, New Zealand | |
| In office 2007–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Borrin |
| Succeeded by | Sir David Carruthers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lowell Patria Goddard 25 November 1948 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) |
|
| Children | 1 |
Dame Lowell Patria Goddard, DNZM, KC (born 25 November 1948) is a former New Zealand High Court judge, from 1995 to 2015. She is thought to be the first person of Māori ancestry to have been appointed to the High Court. In 1988, she was one of the first two women to be appointed Queen's Counsel in New Zealand and in 1989 became the first woman to hold a Crown warrant. In 1992, she became Deputy Solicitor-General for New Zealand. Between 2007 and 2012 she chaired New Zealand's Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA). In 2010 she was elected as an independent expert to the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) and served in that capacity until 2016. From February 2015 until August 2016, she chaired the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales.[1] [2]
- ^ BBC News (4 August 2016). "BBC News Profile – Justice Lowell Goddard, 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ Press Association (4 August 2016). "Dame Lowell Goddard resigns as head of child sexual abuse inquiry". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2016.