Matthew Palmer
Matthew Simon Russell Palmer, is a New Zealand judge, legal academic and former public servant.
Palmer graduated with a BA in Economics & Political Science from University of Canterbury in 1983. This was followed by a LLB in 1987. Then a LLM & JSD from Yale Law School in 1993.
Palmer was the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Law, and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington from January 2001 until June 2006. He has also held positions in the Treasury and has been Deputy Secretary of Justice in the New Zealand Ministry of Justice and Deputy Solicitor-General in the New Zealand Crown Law Office.
He is son of former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, who was also a professor of law at Victoria University for many years.
Matthew Palmer is author of The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution, which was published in November 2008. He also co-authored Bridled Power, a leading text on New Zealand public law.
On 16 October 2015, Palmer was appointed a Justice of High Court of New Zealand.
