Victoria graduate appointed Judge of the High Court
Karen Clark QC has been appointed a Judge of the High Court in Wellington.
Karen Clark QC has been appointed a Judge of the High Court in Wellington.
Justice Clark graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Victoria in 1986 and joined the Crown Law Office as a Crown Counsel Assistant.
She was appointed Crown Counsel in 1988 and spent six years leading the Office’s public commercial team before becoming a Deputy Solicitor-General in 2002.
In 2007, she went to the independent bar and was appointed Queen’s Counsel.
Justice Clark has managed several large-scale litigation cases, including the landmark 198 day trial of proceedings brought by the Statutory Managers of the Equiticorp Group. She also represented the Director of Security in the long-running Ahmed Zaoui litigation.
She has appeared before inquiries involving significant public interest issues, including the Coronial Inquiry into the circumstances of the deaths of those who died in the CTV Building and the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River Coal Mine tragedy.
Justice Clark is a member of the New Zealand Council of Legal Education and the New Zealand Council of Law Reporting. She is also recognised as a Special Advocate under the Immigration Act.