Education
McGrath graduated with a Master of Laws from Victoria University of Wellington in 1968.
McGrath graduated with a Master of Laws from Victoria University of Wellington in 1968.
He was the Solicitor-General of New Zealand from 1989 to 2000. He was a partner in Buddle Findlay, in Wellington, until he moved to the separate bar in 1984. He became Queen"s Counsel in 1987 and he was Solicitor-General between 1989 and 2000.
McGrath was appointed to the Court of Appeal in July 2000 and to the Supreme Court in May 2005.
The appointment was redesignated Knight Companion of that Order in 2009.