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Gordon Bisson

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Bisson began his legal career with Bisson Moss, the firm established in 1920 by his father. In 1961 he was appointed Crown Solicitor, Napier, and in 1976 was appointed Judge-Courts Martial Appeal Court. Then In 1978 he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme (then High) Court.
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In 1986, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal and sat there until he retired at age 72 in 1990. In 1987, he was appointed a Privy Counsellor and he sat on the Board in 1989.
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As a retired New Zealand Court of Appeal judge, Bisson served on the Samoan Court of Appeal from 1994 until 2005 for which he was awarded the
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and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. He was later married in 1948 to Myra Patricia Kemp. The couple went on to have three daughters.
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President: Hawke's Bay District Law Society, Hawke's Bay Officers' Club, Hawke's Bay Medico Legal Society, Hawke's Bay Lawn Tennis Club
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Papers on Matrimonial Property Law Commonwealth and Empire Law Conference 1960 and N.Z. Law Society Conference 1963
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co-author, Report for International Commission of Jurists on Martial Law in the Philippines (1977).
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Vice President: N.Z. Law Society, N.Z. Section International Commission of Jurists
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Bisson was born to Clarence Henry Bisson and Ada Bisson (nÊe Ellis) in 1918 in
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Chairman: Banking Ombudsman Commission, Meat Export Quota Tribunal
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New Zealand members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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co-author, Criminal Law and Practice in NZ (1st Edn 1964)
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at sea on the Staff of Admiral Walker Commanding the
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DPMC – New Zealand Honours: Privy Council NZ Members
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The Right Honourable

Napier
PC
New Zealand Court of Appeal
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Napier
Napier Boys' High School
Victoria University College
Bachelor of Laws
RNZNVR
HMNZS Leander
HMS Warspite
Normandy
Mentioned in Despatches
HMS Nelson
Third Battle Squadron in the Far East
Companion of the Order of Samoa
Kiribati
Privy Council
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
Knight Bachelor
1991 New Year Honours
Order of Samoa


Gordon Ellis BISSON Obituary
"The Right Honourable Sir Gordon Ellis Bisson PC, Kt B, LLB, 1918–2010"

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