Judicial Conduct Panel appointed

Paul Goldsmith has appointed the Judicial Conduct Panel into Acting Judge Ema Aitken. The members are:

• Honourable Brendan Brown KC. Brown will chair it. He was a Court of Appeal Judge for 8 years and High Court for 11.
• Honourable Justice Jillian Mallon. She is a current Court of Appeal Judge for 2 years and High Court for six years before that
• Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae, GNZM, QSO, KStJ. He is a former Governor-General and Chief of Defence Force

He has also appointed Tim Stephens KC as special counsel for the inquiry.

I attended the last Judicial Conduct Panel’s hearings. I look forward to attending this one.