Woodhouse, Owen, 1916-2014

LC control no.	n 88643116
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Woodhouse, Owen, 1916-2014 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Woodhouse, Arthur Owen, 1916-2014
Birth date	19160718
Death date	20140415
Place of birth	Napier (N.Z.)
Affiliation	New Zealand. Law Commission New Zealand. Court of Appeal New Zealand. Supreme Court
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Judges Chair of government commissions Privy Counsellor
Found in	nuc88-72681: His A challenge to the law ... 1979 (hdg. on ICU rept.: Woodhouse, Arthur Owen, Sir; usage: Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse) Government under the law, 1979: title page (Rt. Hon. Sir Owen Woodhouse) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed on February 25, 2014: Owen Woodhouse (Lieutenant Commander Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse ONZ KBE DSC (born 18 July 1916), known as Sir Owen, is a New Zealand jurist and chair of government commissions; born in Napier; graduated from the University of Auckland in 1940; appointed a Judge of the New Zealand Supreme Court in 1961, a Judge of the New Zealand Court of Appeal in 1974 and was President of the Court of Appeal from 1981 to 1986; President of the Law Commission from 1986 to 1991; made a Privy Counsellor and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1974; Chairman of the Royal Commission on Accident Compensation from 1966 to 1967, which produced the Woodhouse Report that recommended a “no-fault” accident compensation scheme; commissioned by the Australian Government the result being the Report of the National Committee of Inquiry, Compensation and Rehabilitation in Australia, now known as the Australian Woodhouse Report; later prepared a Third Woodhouse Report as President of the Law Commission on Personal Injury, Prevention and Recovery) Telegraph (online), viewed May 7, 2014 (Sir Owen Woodhouse; b. Arthur Owen Woodhouse, July 18, 1916, New Zealand; d. Apr. 15, 2014; MTB commander in the Adriatic who became New Zealand's senior judge)
Associated language	eng