Patrick Keane (New Zealand judge)

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Patrick John Keane {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM}} is a retired New Zealand judge. In December 2022, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Cook Islands, replacing Hugh Williams.{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov.ck/?p=1478 |title=Media Release: Judicial Appointments |publisher=Ministry of Justice |date=6 December 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022}}

Keane was educated at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a BA in 1968, and an LLB (Hons) in 1969. He then worked for as a lawyer for Izard Weston and later as a Crown Solicitor for Rudd Watts and Stone from 1977 to 1979. He was a legal adviser to the New Zealand government from 1980 to 1985, and a Crown Counsel for the Crown Law Office from 1985 to 1987.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/new-year-honours-2017-citations-companions-new-zealand-order-merit#keanep |title=New YearHonours 2017 - Citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit |publisher=DPMC |date=15 December 2016 |access-date=9 December 2022}} In 1987, he was appointed a judge of the District Court of New Zealand and to the Taxation Review Authority. From 2001 to 2003 he was a member of the New Zealand Law Commission.

In 2003, he was appointed a judge of the High Court of New Zealand. He retired in 2016,{{cite web |url=https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news/legal-news/recent-movements/justice-patrick-keane-retires/ |title=Justice Patrick Keane retires |publisher=New Zealand Law Society |date=30 June 2016 |access-date=9 December 2022}} and was then appointed to the High Court of the Cook Islands.{{cite web |url=https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news/legal-news/nz-judges-appointed-to-cook-islands-high-court/ |title=NZ judges appointed to Cook Islands High Court |publisher=New Zealand Law Society |date=4 August 2016 |access-date=9 December 2022}}

In the 2017 New Year Honours he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to the judiciary.{{cite web |title=New Year Honours List 2017 |date=31 December 2016 |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2017 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=8 July 2018}}