{{short description|New Zealand lawyer and jurist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Christine Grice | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=100%}} | image = | office = Justice of the High Court | term_start = 20 December 2017 | term_end = | successor = | office2 = President of the New Zealand Law Society | term_start2 = 1999 | term_end2 = 2003 | predecessor2 = Ian Haynes | successor2 = Christopher Darlow | birth_name = Christine Mary Grice | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | citizenship = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | alma_mater = University of Canterbury | profession = Lawyer, judge | known_for = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} '''Christine Mary Grice''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist, who was the first female judge in the Cook Islands, and the second female president of the New Zealand Law Society.
==Career== Grice studied at University of Canterbury for a Bachelor of Laws degree, and was admitted as a barrister within the High Court of New Zealand in 1981.<ref name="scoop"/> She became the first female judge in the Cook Islands in June 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief Justice for Cook Islands|url=http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/lawtalk/lawtalk-archives/issue-902/new-chief-justice-for-cook-islands|publisher=New Zealand Law Society|accessdate=30 November 2017|date=1 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="back"/> As part of the High Court of the Cook Islands, she normally presides on cases for two weeks each year, spending the remaining time in New Zealand.<ref name="back">{{cite news|title=Justice Grice back|url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/12879-justice-grice-back/12879-justice-grice-back|accessdate=30 November 2017|work=Cook Islands News|date=28 October 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004084830/http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/12879-justice-grice-back/12879-justice-grice-back|archivedate=4 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
Within law societies, she began being a member of the council of the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) in 1992, and joined its board in the following year. In 1997 she became vice-president,<ref name="scoop"/> and served as president of the NZLS between 1999 and 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Zealand Law Society Presidents|url=http://myold.lawsociety.org.nz/in-practice/people/firms-and-organisations/new-zealand-law-society-presidents|publisher=New Zealand Law Society|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> She was the second female president in the organisation's history, following Judith Potter who was president between 1991 and 1993;<ref name="scoop"/> and who was the second female judge in the Cook Islands after Grice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Justice Judith Potter appointed to High Court of Cook Islands|url=http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/2012/justice-judith-potter-appointed-to-high-court-of-cook-islands|publisher=New Zealand Law Society|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> Grice succeeded Ian Haynes in April 1999. Following her three-year term,<ref name="scoop">{{cite news|title=Christine Grice – Next President Of The NZ Law Soc|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU9910/S00008.htm|accessdate=30 November 2017|work=Scoop|date=4 October 1999}}</ref> she became executive director of the society.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schroder|first1=Sophie|title=Exclusive interview: Meet New Zealand's new Minister of Justice|url=http://www.nzlawyermagazine.co.nz/news/exclusive-interview-meet-new-zealands-new-minister-of-justice-192700.aspx|accessdate=30 November 2017|work=NZ Lawyer|date=8 October 2014}}</ref>
In the 2004 New Year Honours Grice was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the legal profession.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2004 | title=New Year honours list 2004|date=31 December 2003 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=22 December 2017}}</ref>
On 20 December 2017 she was appointed Justice of the High Court of New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/appointment-judge-high-court-16 |date=20 December 2017 |title=Appointment of Judge to the High Court |website=The Beehive}}</ref>
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