Palmer, Geoffrey Winston Russell

Fonds — Multiple Containers

Identifier: palg

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1900-1990

Access and use

Access is freely available in the J.C.Beaglehole Room for research and private study. For any use beyond this, please contact the J.C.Beaglehole Room (jcbeaglehole.room@vuw.ac.nz) in the first instance.

Any personal information contained in the records remains subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act

Biographical/Historical note

Palmer, Geoffrey Winston Russell

Missing Title

1942
: Born

BA, LLB (Victoria), JD (Chicago)

Political Science and Public Administration: lecturer, 1968-69

English and NZ Law: Professor, 1974; Resigned, 1979; Reappointed, 1991.

Also M.P. for Christchurch Central from 1979.

Records chiefly to do with ACC work.

Geoffrey Palmer was retained by the Department of Labour in 1969 to draft the commentary on the Accident Compensation scheme which was proposed by Sir Owen (then Mr Justice) Woodhouse in his 1967 report. Palmer researched both the original legislation and the 1974 amendments, and acted as principal assistant to the Woodhouse Inquiry in Australia, from 1972 to 1974, when the Whitlam Labour government attempted to establish a similar scheme.