Christine Grice
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| office = Justice of the High Court
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| term_start2 = 1999
| term_end2 = 2003
| predecessor2 = Ian Haynes
| successor2 = Christopher Darlow
| birth_name = Christine Mary Grice
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| alma_mater = University of Canterbury
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Christine Mary Grice {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist, who was the first female judge in the Cook Islands, and the second female president of the New Zealand Law Society.
Career
Grice studied at University of Canterbury for a Bachelor of Laws degree, and was admitted as a barrister within the High Court of New Zealand in 1981. She became the first female judge in the Cook Islands in June 2007.{{cite web|title=New Chief Justice for Cook Islands|url=http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/lawtalk/lawtalk-archives/issue-902/new-chief-justice-for-cook-islands|publisher=New Zealand Law Society|accessdate=30 November 2017|date=1 December 2016}} As part of the High Court of the Cook Islands, she normally presides on cases for two weeks each year, spending the remaining time in New Zealand.{{cite news|title=Justice Grice back|url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/12879-justice-grice-back/12879-justice-grice-back|accessdate=30 November 2017|work=Cook Islands News|date=28 October 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004084830/http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/12879-justice-grice-back/12879-justice-grice-back|archivedate=4 October 2017|url-status=live}}
Within law societies, she began being a member of the council of the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) in 1992, and joined its board in the following year. In 1997 she became vice-president, and served as president of the NZLS between 1999 and 2003.{{cite web|title=New Zealand Law Society Presidents|url=http://myold.lawsociety.org.nz/in-practice/people/firms-and-organisations/new-zealand-law-society-presidents|publisher=New Zealand Law Society|accessdate=30 November 2017}} She was the second female president in the organisation's history, following Judith Potter who was president between 1991 and 1993; and who was the second female judge in the Cook Islands after Grice.{{cite web|title=Justice Judith Potter appointed to High Court of Cook Islands|url=http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/2012/justice-judith-potter-appointed-to-high-court-of-cook-islands|publisher=New Zealand Law Society|accessdate=30 November 2017}} Grice succeeded Ian Haynes in April 1999. Following her three-year term,{{cite news|title=Christine Grice – Next President Of The NZ Law Soc|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU9910/S00008.htm|accessdate=30 November 2017|work=Scoop|date=4 October 1999}} she became executive director of the society.{{cite news|last1=Schroder|first1=Sophie|title=Exclusive interview: Meet New Zealand's new Minister of Justice|url=http://www.nzlawyermagazine.co.nz/news/exclusive-interview-meet-new-zealands-new-minister-of-justice-192700.aspx|accessdate=30 November 2017|work=NZ Lawyer|date=8 October 2014}}
In the 2004 New Year Honours Grice was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the legal profession.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2004 | title=New Year honours list 2004|date=31 December 2003 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=22 December 2017}}
On 20 December 2017 she was appointed Justice of the High Court of New Zealand.{{Cite web |url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/appointment-judge-high-court-16 |date=20 December 2017 |title=Appointment of Judge to the High Court |website=The Beehive}}
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Category:University of Canterbury alumni
Category:20th-century New Zealand lawyers
Category:High Court of New Zealand judges
Category:High Court of the Cook Islands judges
Category:Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century New Zealand judges