Background
WOODHOUSE, Arthur Owen was born on July 18, 1916 in Napier. Son of late Arthur James Woodhouse and Wilhemina Catherine (nee Allen) Woodhouse.
WOODHOUSE, Arthur Owen was born on July 18, 1916 in Napier. Son of late Arthur James Woodhouse and Wilhemina Catherine (nee Allen) Woodhouse.
Napier Boys’ High School and Auckland University.
Joined Lusk, Willis & Sproule, barristers and solicitors 1946. Crown Solicitor, Napier 1953. Judge of Supreme Court since 1961.
A Judge of Court of Appeal 1974-1986.
President Court of Appeal 86. President Law Commission 1986-1991.
Chairman Royal Commission, on Compensation and Rehabilitation in respect of Personal Injury in New Zealand 1966-1967, Chair, inquiry into similar questions in Australia 1973-1974. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Victoria University of Wellington) 1978, (University of York, Toronto, Canada) 1981.
Married Margaret Leah Thorp in 1940.