Philip Lewis Griffiths

Philip Lewis Griffiths KC (30 September 1881 – 4 June 1945) was an eminent Australian jurist.

Education

Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, he studied for a Master of Arts degree at the Trinity College of the University of Melbourne.

Journalist

He then wrote for The Mercury in both Hobart and Launceston.

Law

He studied law at the University of Tasmania, earning an LLB.^[1] 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. 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.^[2]

Footnotes

References

Roe, Michael. "Griffiths, Philip Lewis (1881–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
New Guinea Judge: A Tasmanian Appointed, The West Australian, (Friday, 16 June 1939), p. 18.

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[PIM-1] Acting Judge Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1938, p7

[2] Obituary: Mr P. L. Griffiths, Chief Judge of New Guinea, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Tuesday, 5 Jun 1945), p. 9.

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