Philip Lewis Griffiths
KC (30 September 1881 – 4 June 1945) was an eminent Australian jurist.
Education
Educated at
Caulfield Grammar School
Caulfield Grammar School is an Independent school, independent, co-educational, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, International Baccalaureate, day school, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as ...
, he studied for a Master of Arts degree at the
Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
* Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales
* Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...
of the
University of Melbourne.
Journalist
He then wrote for ''
The Mercury
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'' in both
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
and
Launceston.
Law
He studied law at the
University of Tasmania, earning an LLB.
[Acting Judge]
'' Pacific Islands Monthly'', August 1938, p7 While working as a lawyer, he also lectured at the University of Tasmania from 1913 to 1930, focusing on torts and criminal law.
In 1930 Griffiths was appointed as the
Solicitor-General of Tasmania, and in August 1933 he was made a
King's Counsel
In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ...
. From August 1938 to March 1939 Griffiths was acting Chief Judge of the Mandated Territory of
New Guinea; he then became the Second Judge of New Guinea, serving in the acting Chief Judge position again during 1940.
Death
He died, in Hobart, on 4 June 1945.
Obituary: Mr P. L. Griffiths, Chief Judge of New Guinea, ''The (Hobart) Mercury'', (Tuesday, 5 Jun 1945), p. 9.
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See also
* List of Caulfield Grammar School people
Footnotes
References
*
New Guinea Judge: A Tasmanian Appointed, ''The West Australian'', (Friday, 16 June 1939), p. 18.
1881 births
1945 deaths
People educated at Caulfield Grammar School
People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
University of Melbourne alumni
University of Tasmania alumni
Solicitors-General of Tasmania
Australian King's Counsel
Judges from Melbourne
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