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After graduating [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]] at the University of Otago, Callan entered his father's office and became a partner in the firm when his father was appointed to the [[New Zealand Legislative Council]] in 1907. He continued to practise |
After graduating [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]] at the University of Otago, Callan entered his father's office and became a partner in the firm when his father was appointed to the [[New Zealand Legislative Council]] in 1907. During [[World war I]], Callan served in the [[New Zealand Expeditionary Force]] and became a Captain.<ref> Robin Cooke QC, p. 124.</ref> He returned to Dunedin and continued to practise law. he became Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University.<ref> Robin Cooke QC, p. 124.</ref> He [[King's Counsel|took silk]] in 1933, when he moved to Wellington.<ref name="McLintock"/> |
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Revision as of 02:47, 24 September 2010
John Bartholomew Callan (18882-1951) KC was a New Zealand Judge. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Early life
Callan was the son of John Bartholomew Callan, a Dunedin lawyer. He was born on 15 August 1882, five years after his family's arrival in New Zealand from Australia.[1] The Callans had migrated from Ireland to Australia with the Gavan Duffys Callan was descended from Charles Gavan Duffy. He was educated at the Christian Brothers School in Dunedin and commenced his law studies before the Law Faculty of the University of Otago came into being. His principal instructor was James Garrow, a well-known new Zealand legal scholar. On 10 July 1913, at the North-East Valley Roman Catholic Church, Dunedin, Callan married Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of James Dugald Mowatt, a Dunedin stationer, and they had one son.[1]
Lawyer
After graduating BA and LL.B at the University of Otago, Callan entered his father's office and became a partner in the firm when his father was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council in 1907. During World war I, Callan served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and became a Captain.[2] He returned to Dunedin and continued to practise law. he became Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University.[3] He took silk in 1933, when he moved to Wellington.[1]
On the bench
Callan was appointed a justice in the Supreme Court in 1935.[4] As a judge, apart from the normal case load , Justice Callan also undertook Government investigations on the Aliens Tribunal and on the leakage of information (both relevant toWorld War II.[5] Callan also contributed on a wider stage. For 10 years he was Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago and a member of the Council of Legal Education. He died in Auckland on 21 February 1951 at the age of 69.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d CALLAN, John Bartholomew, K.C., from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 18-Sep-2007.
- ^ Robin Cooke QC, p. 124.
- ^ Robin Cooke QC, p. 124.
- ^ Robin Cooke QC (ed), Portrait of a Profession: The Centennial Book of the New Zealand Law Society, Reed, Wellington, 1969, p. 107.
- ^ Robin Cooke QC, p. 121
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