Anne Gambrill
Anne Gambrill | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Gertrude Shorland |
| Education | Nga Tawa Diocesan School, Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland Law School |
Anne Gertrude Gambrill (née Shorland) CNZM is a retired New Zealand lawyer and judge.[1] She was the first woman to sit on the High Court bench in New Zealand, and the seventh woman admitted to the judiciary.[2][3] She was also the first woman law clerk at Russell McVeagh and the first woman appointed to the Legal Aid Appeal Authority.
Early life and education
[edit]Gambrill was born in Wellington, and was the only child of Honourable Mr Justice William Perry Shorland and his wife Olive.[1][4] Gambrill attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington, for her first few years of secondary schooling. She finished her high school studies at Nga Tawa Diocesan School in 1952.[5] Gambrill studied law for two years at Victoria University of Wellington and then moved to the University of Auckland when her father was appointed to the High Court in 1955.[4] While a student, she became the first woman law clerk at Russell McVeagh.[4]
Career
[edit]Gambrill was admitted as a solicitor in 1958 (by her father)[6] and as a barrister in 1960.[4] In 1977 Gambrill was the first woman member of the Legal Aid Appeal Authority.[4] Gambrill was the seventh woman admitted to the judiciary in New Zealand, and the first woman to sit on the High Court bench.[7] In 1987 she was appointed as a master of the High Court of New Zealand, a position she held for 15 years.[3] Gambrill was appointed to the Insolvency Court in 1999. She retired from the judiciary in 2002.[2]
Gambrill has held a number of community roles. She was a founding member and the second president of the Auckland Zonta International Club, after Cherry Raymond. Gambrill has been an active member of the club for over 50 years.[8] In the 1980s and 1990s she was the Chair of the Auckland Branch of the Samuel Marsden Collegiate Old Girls Association; she was the chairperson of the Auckland Decorative and Fine Arts Society and has served on the International Education Appeal Authority dealing with complaints from international students in New Zealand.[2][3]
In 2003 Gambrill received the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the high court.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Gambrill married Christopher Gambrill, a lawyer, in 1960. They have three children.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Engaged – Gisborne Photo News – No 68 : February 25, 1960". photonews.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "Prominent Member History: Anne Gambrill – Zonta International District 16". Zonta International District 16. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Online Community". Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Online Community. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nga Tawa Old Girls Profiles" (PDF). Nga Tawa. 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Alumni - Nga Tawa Diocesan School". www.ngatawa.school.nz. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Mr Justice Shorland's Death In France". The Press. 9 May 1961. p. 7.
- ^ Adlam, Geoff. "A Changing Profession: NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY 1869-2019" (PDF). New Zealand Law Society. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ZONTA CLUB OF: AUCKLAND". Zonta International District 16. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "New Year Honours: The complete list". NZ Herald. 1 June 2003. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- High Court of New Zealand judges
- Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Living people
- People educated at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
- People educated at Nga Tawa Diocesan School
- 20th-century New Zealand women lawyers
- 20th-century New Zealand lawyers
- 21st-century New Zealand judges
- Zonta International people
- University of Auckland alumni