Professor Anthony Terry Hanmer (Tony) Smith

By Lesley Dingle and Daniel Bates

Professor Anthony Terry Hanmer (Tony) Smith

Career highlights

• 1947: Born Christchurch, New Zealand, Jan 12
• 1965: Matriculated, St Bede’s College Christchurch
• 1965-68: LLB, University of Canterbury
• 1969: Civil Servant, Treasury, Wellington
• 1970-72: University of Canterbury- Assistant Lecturer, LLM.
• 1972-81: Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
• 1973: Lecturer, Fellow
• 1974: Tutor
• 1979-81: Barrister & solicitor, High Court, New Zealand
• 1981-85: University of Durham, Reader
• 1984: Dean
• 1985: PhD (Cantab)
• 1986-90: University of Reading, Professor of Law
• 1988: Head of Department
• 1990-96: Gonville & Caius, Lectureship
• 1992: Bar, Middle Temple
• 1996-2006: University of Cambridge, Professor of Criminal & Public Laws
• 1999-2001: Chairman Law Faculty
• 1999: LLD Cambridge
• 2001: Hon Bencher
• 2007-15: Victoria University, Wellington, Pro Vice Chancellor & Dean of Law
• 2015: Victoria University, Professor of Law
• 2015-6: Goodhart Professor