New Environment Court Judge

The Acting Minister of Justice, Hon Paul East, today announced the appointment of Whangarei Barrister and Solicitor Robert Gordon Whiting as a District Court and Environment Judge.

Judge Whiting will be sworn in at Whangarei District Court on 15 August and will sit in the Environment Court in Auckland from 18 August.

Judge Whiting graduated BA (Economics) and LLB from Otago University in 1967 and was admitted to the Bar in 1968. He has a Certificate in Mediation from Harvard University and is a Fellow of the NZ Arbitration and Mediation Institute.

He is Chairman of Partners in a Whangarei legal firm specialising in civil and commercial litigation, criminal jury trials, town planning, resource management and tribunals.

He is a member of the Auckland District Law Society's Disciplinary Committee, a former Northland Council representative on the ADLS and a former Convenor of the Northland Courts' Committee.