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Sir Ronald Keith Davison (16 November 1920 – 2 July 2015) was the tenth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1978 to 1989.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/about/judges/former-chiefs/ )〕 == Career == Davison presided over the case of the sinking of the ''Rainbow Warrior''. His harsh sentence of 10 years jail for the French secret service agents was highly applauded, and he made a memorable statement: People who come to this country and commit terrorist activities cannot expect to have a short holiday at the expense of our Government and return home as heroes. When ''The New Zealand Herald'' celebrated its 150th birthday in November 2013, they awarded the title 'New Zealander of the Year' for each year of their history. Sir Ronald was their New Zealander of the Year for 1985 for his conduct during the trial of the French secret service agents.〔 Sir Ronald headed the government inquiry (1994–1997) into certain matters related to overseas company taxation, popularly known as the Winebox Inquiry. This involved allegations against a number of parties including the merchant bank Fay Richwhite. He also presided over the 1994 inquiry into the Family court proceedings involving the Bristol family, which resulted in a number of changes being made to New Zealand's child protection legislation. He was appointed Companion to the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1975 Birthday Honours. He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE) on 11 February 1978, just after his appointment as Chief Justice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronald Davison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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